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Benin – Regulatory Quality

Name: Benin Regulatory Quality
Creator: World Bank WGI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Perceptions of the government's ability to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Ranges from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. · World Bank WGI

-0.30 +0.05 from 2022 G20 rank: 119th · all-time high: -0.15 (1998)

APA

Benin Regulatory Quality. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/benin/regulatory-quality

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_benin_regulatory-quality,
  title = {Benin Regulatory Quality},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/benin/regulatory-quality},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	-0.19	–	–
2025* trend	-0.23	–	–
2023	-0.30	+0.05	119th
2022	-0.35	+0.10	121st
2021	-0.45	+0.04	129th
2020	-0.48	−0.04	131st
2019	-0.45	−0.05	131st
2018	-0.39	+0.13	127th
2017	-0.52	+0.06	139th
2016	-0.58	+0.04	144th
2015	-0.62	−0.00	143rd
2014	-0.62	−0.21	141st
2013	-0.42	−0.01	126th
2012	-0.40	+0.00	125th
2011	-0.40	−0.00	127th
2010	-0.40	−0.00	126th
2009	-0.40	+0.16	125th
2008	-0.55	−0.05	137th
2007	-0.51	−0.04	133rd
2006	-0.46	+0.18	124th
2005	-0.64	−0.02	145th
2004	-0.62	+0.00	139th
2003	-0.62	−0.05	132nd
2002	-0.57	−0.41	121st
2000	-0.16	−0.02	99th
1998	-0.15	+0.03	93rd
1996	-0.18	–	94th

Show all years (1996–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

HistorySaid

Benin's regulatory quality peaked at -0.15 in 1998. The 2023 reading of -0.30 is 103.7% above that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates -0.23 by 2025.