Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 66.06 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
66.06 0-100
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
45th
of 204 countries
All-time high
66.06 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
49.15 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 49.2 0-1001998: 50.6 0-1002000: 53.9 0-1002002: 51 0-1002003: 52.2 0-1002004: 53.4 0-1002005: 54.6 0-1002006: 53.4 0-1002007: 55.7 0-1002008: 59.1 0-1002009: 59 0-1002010: 60.4 0-1002011: 61.1 0-1002012: 58.6 0-1002013: 59.2 0-1002014: 57.9 0-1002015: 58.6 0-1002016: 57.8 0-1002017: 56.4 0-1002018: 56.1 0-1002019: 57.7 0-1002020: 57.6 0-1002021: 61 0-1002022: 63.6 0-1002023: 64.5 0-1002024: 66.1 0-100

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 Saudi Arabia is 66.06 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 66.06 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.15 0-100, in 1996.

Saudi Arabia ranks 45th of 204 countries on this measure, 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 49.88 0-100 49.15 0-100 50.61 0-100 2
2000s 54.71 0-100 50.99 0-100 59.15 0-100 9
2010s 58.39 0-100 56.13 0-100 61.08 0-100 10
2020s 62.54 0-100 57.59 0-100 66.06 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 42 Chile 67.18 0-100 compare
  2. 43 Portugal 66.54 0-100 compare
  3. 44 Cyprus 66.53 0-100 compare
  4. 46 Oman 65.71 0-100 compare
  5. 47 Poland 65.68 0-100 compare
  6. 48 Malaysia 65.59 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 66.06 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 Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 66.06 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 49.15 0-100 in 1996.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Saudi Arabia ranks 45th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).