Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Spain

Spain: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 64.65 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
64.65 0-100
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
55th
of 204 countries
All-time high
77.99 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
64.65 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Spain, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 68.9 0-1001998: 74.8 0-1002000: 77.2 0-1002002: 78 0-1002003: 77.5 0-1002004: 76.6 0-1002005: 77.5 0-1002006: 74.1 0-1002007: 74.5 0-1002008: 73.9 0-1002009: 72.4 0-1002010: 72.2 0-1002011: 70 0-1002012: 68.6 0-1002013: 68.6 0-1002014: 65.9 0-1002015: 67.5 0-1002016: 70 0-1002017: 68.8 0-1002018: 68.8 0-1002019: 69.8 0-1002020: 68.1 0-1002021: 69.4 0-1002022: 68.1 0-1002023: 65.8 0-1002024: 64.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Spain recorded 64.65 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Spain peaked at 77.99 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 64.65 0-100, in 2024.

That places Spain 55th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 71.86 0-100 68.89 0-100 74.83 0-100 2
2000s 75.72 0-100 72.36 0-100 77.99 0-100 9
2010s 69.04 0-100 65.85 0-100 72.23 0-100 10
2020s 67.2 0-100 64.65 0-100 69.39 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 52 Italy 64.96 0-100 compare
  2. 53 Antigua and Barbuda 64.87 0-100 compare
  3. 54 Bermuda 64.78 0-100 compare
  4. 56 Costa Rica 64.04 0-100 compare
  5. 57 Malta 62.62 0-100 compare
  6. 58 Palau 62.45 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Spain?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Spain was 64.65 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 77.99 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 64.65 0-100 in 2024.
How does Spain rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Spain ranks 55th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain 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).