Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Barbados

Barbados: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 74.25 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
74.25 0-100
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
37th
of 206 countries
All-time high
78.44 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
72.83 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Barbados, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 78.4 0-1001998: 78.4 0-1002000: 78.4 0-1002002: 78.4 0-1002003: 76 0-1002004: 74.2 0-1002005: 74.6 0-1002006: 75 0-1002007: 75.3 0-1002008: 74.6 0-1002009: 78.2 0-1002010: 77.8 0-1002011: 77.7 0-1002012: 77.2 0-1002013: 76.9 0-1002014: 76.5 0-1002015: 73.9 0-1002016: 73.7 0-1002017: 72.8 0-1002018: 73.4 0-1002019: 72.9 0-1002020: 73.3 0-1002021: 73.9 0-1002022: 74.2 0-1002023: 74.1 0-1002024: 74.2 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Barbados stood at 74.25 0-100.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Barbados peaked at 78.44 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 72.83 0-100, in 2017.

Barbados ranks 37th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 78.42 0-100 78.41 0-100 78.42 0-100 2
2000s 76.07 0-100 74.23 0-100 78.44 0-100 9
2010s 75.3 0-100 72.83 0-100 77.85 0-100 10
2020s 73.93 0-100 73.31 0-100 74.25 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 34 Palau 75 0-100 compare
  2. 35 Costa Rica 74.55 0-100 compare
  3. 36 Chile 74.25 0-100 compare
  4. 38 Kiribati 73.88 0-100 compare
  5. 39 Aruba 73.61 0-100 compare
  6. 39 Cayman Islands 73.61 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Barbados?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Barbados was 74.25 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 voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 78.44 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 72.83 0-100 in 2017.
How does Barbados rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Barbados ranks 37th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - 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
206 places, 5,259 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. 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).