Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 30.6 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
30.6 0-100
Change on year
down 5.3%
World rank
194th
of 204 countries
All-time high
38.03 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
15.59 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 15.6 0-1001998: 16.1 0-1002000: 16.2 0-1002002: 21.3 0-1002003: 24 0-1002004: 29.5 0-1002005: 29.4 0-1002006: 31.3 0-1002007: 31.1 0-1002008: 30.2 0-1002009: 31 0-1002010: 32.3 0-1002011: 32.2 0-1002012: 35.1 0-1002013: 34.6 0-1002014: 36.2 0-1002015: 38 0-1002016: 33.4 0-1002017: 32.5 0-1002018: 34.3 0-1002019: 34.7 0-1002020: 34.3 0-1002021: 32.6 0-1002022: 32.4 0-1002023: 32.3 0-1002024: 30.6 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in Afghanistan stood at 30.6 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 38.03 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15.59 0-100, in 1996.

Afghanistan ranks 194th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 15.84 0-100 15.59 0-100 16.08 0-100 2
2000s 27.1 0-100 16.21 0-100 31.33 0-100 9
2010s 34.35 0-100 32.19 0-100 38.03 0-100 10
2020s 32.45 0-100 30.6 0-100 34.32 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 191 Cuba 32.2 0-100 compare
  2. 192 Haiti 31.78 0-100 compare
  3. 193 Iran 31.03 0-100 compare
  4. 195 Yemen 29.88 0-100 compare
  5. 196 Sudan 28.64 0-100 compare
  6. 197 Turkmenistan 28.23 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Afghanistan?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Afghanistan was 30.6 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 38.03 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 15.59 0-100 in 1996.
How does Afghanistan rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Afghanistan ranks 194th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,143 data points, 1996–2024
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Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).