Barbados vs Malta: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.4084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados, a difference of 0.0144 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 63rd and Malta ranks 62nd of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6636 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0885 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.5182 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6258 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.4331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6651 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.232 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Barbados or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.4084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Barbados and Malta?
- 0.0144 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 63rd and Malta ranks 62nd 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.