Bahamas vs Barbados: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate
Bahamas
0.2769
in 2025
Barbados
0.277
in 2025
Bahamas rank
36th
Barbados rank
35th
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate over time
- Bahamas
- Barbados
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.277 against 0.2769 in Bahamas, a difference of 0.0001.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Barbados ahead.
Bahamas ranks 36th and Barbados ranks 35th of 206 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3679 | 0.4603 | 0.0925 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 0.3599 | 0.3854 | 0.0255 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.2964 | 0.2993 | 0.0029 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.2834 | 0.2848 | 0.0014 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate, Bahamas or Barbados?
- Barbados, at 0.277 against 0.2769 in Bahamas as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate between Bahamas and Barbados?
- 0.0001, with Barbados 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 - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Bahamas ranks 36th and Barbados ranks 35th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank, published as Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.