Barbados vs Tonga: Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Barbados
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.7743 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.7196 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados, a difference of 0.0547 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 51st and Tonga ranks 48th of 208 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9768 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8191 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1577 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3969 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9492 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1822 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.849 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.7008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7797 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0789 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law - governance estimate, Barbados or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.7743 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.7196 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rule of law - governance estimate between Barbados and Tonga?
- 0.0547 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tonga?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Tonga rank globally for rule of law - governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 51st and Tonga ranks 48th of 208 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 Rule of Law - 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
Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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.