Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Japan

Japan: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 75.83 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
75.83 0-100
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
23rd
of 204 countries
All-time high
78.97 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
60.73 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Japan, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 60.7 0-1001998: 61.1 0-1002000: 67.1 0-1002002: 63.5 0-1002003: 70.1 0-1002004: 71.2 0-1002005: 74.2 0-1002006: 75.5 0-1002007: 74.6 0-1002008: 74.6 0-1002009: 74.2 0-1002010: 73.7 0-1002011: 75.9 0-1002012: 77.4 0-1002013: 76.3 0-1002014: 75.4 0-1002015: 77.1 0-1002016: 79 0-1002017: 76.9 0-1002018: 76.4 0-1002019: 76.8 0-1002020: 76.4 0-1002021: 76.9 0-1002022: 77.1 0-1002023: 76.9 0-1002024: 75.8 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 Japan stood at 75.83 0-100.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Japan peaked at 78.97 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 60.73 0-100, in 1996.

That places Japan 23rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 60.91 0-100 60.73 0-100 61.1 0-100 2
2000s 71.65 0-100 63.51 0-100 75.47 0-100 9
2010s 76.49 0-100 73.75 0-100 78.97 0-100 10
2020s 76.63 0-100 75.83 0-100 77.11 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 20 United States 76.19 0-100 compare
  2. 21 Austria 76.17 0-100 compare
  3. 22 Iceland 75.84 0-100 compare
  4. 24 Lithuania 75.23 0-100 compare
  5. 25 Belgium 74.48 0-100 compare
  6. 26 Czechia 74.29 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Japan?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Japan was 75.83 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 Japan?
The highest recorded value was 78.97 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 60.73 0-100 in 1996.
How does Japan rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Japan ranks 23rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan 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).