Regulatory Quality in Liberia

Liberia: Regulatory Quality was 0.1708 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1708 standard error
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
18th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.4483 standard error
in 1996
All-time low
0.1699 standard error
in 2010
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Regulatory Quality in Liberia, 1996–2011

00.10.20.30.41996200320111996: 0.448 standard error1998: 0.319 standard error2000: 0.293 standard error2002: 0.256 standard error2003: 0.215 standard error2004: 0.211 standard error2005: 0.196 standard error2006: 0.217 standard error2007: 0.22 standard error2008: 0.185 standard error2009: 0.171 standard error2010: 0.17 standard error2011: 0.171 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality in Liberia is 0.1708 standard error, measured in 2011.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 41.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Liberia peaked at 0.4483 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1699 standard error, in 2010.

Liberia ranks 18th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality in Liberia, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality (standard error) in Liberia, 1996 to 2011.
Year standard error Change
1996 0.4483 standard error
1998 0.3187 standard error -28.9%
2000 0.2926 standard error -8.2%
2002 0.256 standard error -12.5%
2003 0.215 standard error -16.0%
2004 0.2107 standard error -2.0%
2005 0.1962 standard error -6.9%
2006 0.2168 standard error +10.5%
2007 0.2197 standard error +1.3%
2008 0.1854 standard error -15.6%
2009 0.1713 standard error -7.6%
2010 0.1699 standard error -0.8%
2011 0.1708 standard error +0.5%

Liberia compared with similar countries

  • Liberia's 0.1708 standard error is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1676 standard error, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
  • Liberia's 0.1708 standard error is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1645 standard error, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3835 standard error 0.3187 standard error 0.4483 standard error 2
2000s 0.2182 standard error 0.1713 standard error 0.2926 standard error 9
2010s 0.1704 standard error 0.1699 standard error 0.1708 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 15 Burundi 0.1711 standard error compare
  2. 15 Lesotho 0.1711 standard error compare
  3. 15 Rwanda 0.1711 standard error compare
  4. 18 Guinea 0.1708 standard error compare
  5. 18 Sierra Leone 0.1708 standard error compare
  6. 21 Algeria 0.1683 standard error compare
  7. 21 Namibia 0.1683 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality in Liberia?
Regulatory quality in Liberia was 0.1708 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 0.4483 standard error in 1996.
What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1699 standard error in 2010.
How does Liberia rank for regulatory quality?
Liberia ranks 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Liberia data come from?
The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Regulatory Quality (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
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See definition GV.REGL.LA.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.