Barbados vs Guam: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Barbados
- Guam
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.3745 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guam, a difference of 0.0195 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Guam's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 63rd and Guam ranks 65th of 206 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Guam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.651 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3847 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.5182 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2176 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3006 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.4331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0517 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Barbados or Guam?
- Barbados, at 0.394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.3745 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Barbados and Guam?
- 0.0195 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Guam?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Guam rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 63rd and Guam ranks 65th 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 Regulatory Quality - 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
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. 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.