What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 52.52 0-100 in 2000.

What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 42.82 0-100 in 2013.

How does Malawi rank for regulatory quality - governance score?

Malawi ranks 143rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Malawi 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.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi

Name: Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi
Creator: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 45.64 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

45.64 0-100

Change on year

up 4.4%

World rank

143rd

of 204 countries

All-time high

52.52 0-100

in 2000

All-time low

42.82 0-100

in 2013

Years of data

1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi, 1996–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi is 45.64 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi peaked at 52.52 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 42.82 0-100, in 2013.

Malawi ranks 143rd of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	49.14 0-100	45.81 0-100	52.47 0-100	2
2000s	45.99 0-100	42.82 0-100	52.52 0-100	9
2010s	44.46 0-100	42.82 0-100	48.68 0-100	10
2020s	44.17 0-100	43.3 0-100	45.64 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Malawi

140 Uzbekistan 46.56 0-100 compare
141 Tanzania 46.42 0-100 compare
142 Nepal 46.15 0-100 compare
144 Papua New Guinea 45.39 0-100 compare
145 Honduras 44.96 0-100 compare
146 Cambodia 44.91 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

Number of child deaths per woman 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.517 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance score 54.45 0-100 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 54.93 0-100 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.1094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 59.4 0-100 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi?: Regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi was 45.64 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 Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 52.52 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 42.82 0-100 in 2013.
How does Malawi rank for regulatory quality - governance score?: Malawi ranks 143rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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: 06 August 2026

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).