Barbados vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Barbados
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
How they compare
Saint Kitts and Nevis currently reports 0.6992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.611 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados, a difference of 0.0882 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Saint Kitts and Nevis's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 60th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 57th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.414 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.9995 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9193 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0802 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.5543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6542 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Barbados or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, at 0.6992 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 Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- 0.0882 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Saint Kitts and Nevis ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Saint Kitts and Nevis rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 60th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 57th 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.