Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iraq

Iraq: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 38.61 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
38.61 0-100
Change on year
up 11.4%
World rank
177th
of 204 countries
All-time high
40.36 0-100
in 2011
All-time low
21.78 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iraq, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 22.9 0-1001998: 21.8 0-1002000: 21.8 0-1002002: 23.6 0-1002003: 30.5 0-1002004: 29.9 0-1002005: 32.3 0-1002006: 33 0-1002007: 33.9 0-1002008: 36.4 0-1002009: 37.2 0-1002010: 39.7 0-1002011: 40.4 0-1002012: 38.9 0-1002013: 38.9 0-1002014: 38 0-1002015: 38.8 0-1002016: 39.6 0-1002017: 38 0-1002018: 36.5 0-1002019: 36.6 0-1002020: 35.1 0-1002021: 36.5 0-1002022: 35.6 0-1002023: 34.7 0-1002024: 38.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Iraq recorded 38.61 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq peaked at 40.36 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 21.78 0-100, in 1998.

That places Iraq 177th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 22.34 0-100 21.78 0-100 22.91 0-100 2
2000s 30.95 0-100 21.82 0-100 37.18 0-100 9
2010s 38.52 0-100 36.55 0-100 40.36 0-100 10
2020s 36.11 0-100 34.66 0-100 38.61 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 174 Bangladesh 39.88 0-100 compare
  2. 175 Lebanon 39.74 0-100 compare
  3. 176 Nicaragua 39.23 0-100 compare
  4. 178 Sierra Leone 38.16 0-100 compare
  5. 179 Russia 38.01 0-100 compare
  6. 180 Chad 37.71 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq was 38.61 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 Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 40.36 0-100 in 2011.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 21.78 0-100 in 1998.
How does Iraq rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Iraq ranks 177th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq 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
Last refreshed

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).