Barbados vs Latvia: Transparent laws
Barbados
1
in 2025
Latvia
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Barbados
- Latvia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Latvia ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Latvia |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Barbados or Latvia?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Barbados and Latvia?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latvia?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Latvia rank globally for transparent laws?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Transparent laws. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.