Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Barbados

Barbados: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 63.1 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
63.1 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
60th
of 204 countries
All-time high
81.08 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
63.04 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Barbados, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 66.1 0-1001998: 65.9 0-1002000: 66 0-1002002: 66 0-1002003: 65.7 0-1002004: 63 0-1002005: 77.4 0-1002006: 78.8 0-1002007: 77.1 0-1002008: 81.1 0-1002009: 77 0-1002010: 75.1 0-1002011: 76.2 0-1002012: 76.4 0-1002013: 74.9 0-1002014: 74 0-1002015: 74 0-1002016: 70.4 0-1002017: 70.4 0-1002018: 70.4 0-1002019: 66.5 0-1002020: 63.2 0-1002021: 64.2 0-1002022: 65.1 0-1002023: 63.1 0-1002024: 63.1 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 government effectiveness - governance score in Barbados is 63.1 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 14.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Barbados peaked at 81.08 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 63.04 0-100, in 2004.

Barbados ranks 60th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 66.01 0-100 65.93 0-100 66.1 0-100 2
2000s 72.47 0-100 63.04 0-100 81.08 0-100 9
2010s 72.81 0-100 66.49 0-100 76.43 0-100 10
2020s 63.75 0-100 63.1 0-100 65.09 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 57 Seychelles 63.53 0-100 compare
  2. 58 Malta 63.44 0-100 compare
  3. 59 Fiji 63.18 0-100 compare
  4. 61 Bahrain 63.01 0-100 compare
  5. 62 Bhutan 62.63 0-100 compare
  6. 63 Oman 62.38 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Barbados?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Barbados was 63.1 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 government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 81.08 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 63.04 0-100 in 2004.
How does Barbados rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Barbados ranks 60th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Barbados 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 Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Government Effectiveness - 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, 5,142 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. 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).