Bahamas vs Barbados: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Bahamas
- Barbados
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 0.6491 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.611 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados, a difference of 0.0381 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 58th and Barbados ranks 60th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 2 and Barbados in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.718 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.7474 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9995 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.6039 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0496 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Bahamas or Barbados?
- Bahamas, at 0.6491 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.611 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Bahamas and Barbados?
- 0.0381 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Barbados rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bahamas ranks 58th and Barbados ranks 60th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.