Regulatory Quality in Mauritania
Mauritania: Regulatory Quality was 0.1645 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality in Mauritania, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.1645 standard error for regulatory quality in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Mauritania peaked at 0.4238 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1645 standard error, in 2011.
Mauritania ranks 25th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3643 standard error | 0.3047 standard error | 0.4238 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2156 standard error | 0.1685 standard error | 0.2822 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1655 standard error | 0.1645 standard error | 0.1664 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More reference data data for Mauritania
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.348 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.5281 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.47 °C (2026)
- Democracy 3 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 5 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -1.5 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3267 °C (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality in Mauritania?
- Regulatory quality in Mauritania was 0.1645 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4238 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1645 standard error in 2011.
- How does Mauritania rank for regulatory quality?
- Mauritania ranks 25th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania 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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About this data
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.