What is the highest egalitarian political institutions index recorded in Barbados?

The highest recorded value was 0.848 in 2023.

What is the lowest egalitarian political institutions index recorded in Barbados?

The lowest recorded value was 0.266 in 1900.

How does Barbados rank for egalitarian political institutions index?

Barbados ranks 28th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.

Is egalitarian political institutions index rising or falling in Barbados?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Barbados data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Egalitarian Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Egalitarian Political Institutions Index in Barbados

Name: Egalitarian Political Institutions Index in Barbados
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Barbados: Egalitarian Political Institutions Index was 0.848 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.848

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

28th

of 175 countries

All-time high

0.848

in 2023

All-time low

0.266

in 1900

Years of data

126

1900–2025

Egalitarian Political Institutions Index in Barbados, 1900–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Barbados recorded 0.848 for egalitarian political institutions index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 126 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, egalitarian political institutions index in Barbados peaked at 0.848 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.266, in 1900.

Barbados ranks 28th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.

Egalitarian Political Institutions Index in Barbados, year by year

Annual values for Egalitarian Political Institutions Index in Barbados, 1900 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1900	0.266	—
1901	0.266	+0.0%
1902	0.266	+0.0%
1903	0.266	+0.0%
1904	0.266	+0.0%
1905	0.266	+0.0%
1906	0.266	+0.0%
1907	0.266	+0.0%
1908	0.266	+0.0%
1909	0.266	+0.0%
1910	0.266	+0.0%
1911	0.266	+0.0%
1912	0.266	+0.0%
1913	0.266	+0.0%
1914	0.266	+0.0%
1915	0.266	+0.0%
1916	0.266	+0.0%
1917	0.266	+0.0%
1918	0.266	+0.0%
1919	0.266	+0.0%
1920	0.266	+0.0%
1921	0.266	+0.0%
1922	0.266	+0.0%
1923	0.266	+0.0%
1924	0.266	+0.0%
1925	0.266	+0.0%
1926	0.266	+0.0%
1927	0.266	+0.0%
1928	0.266	+0.0%
1929	0.266	+0.0%
1930	0.266	+0.0%
1931	0.266	+0.0%
1932	0.266	+0.0%
1933	0.266	+0.0%
1934	0.266	+0.0%
1935	0.266	+0.0%
1936	0.266	+0.0%
1937	0.266	+0.0%
1938	0.266	+0.0%
1939	0.266	+0.0%
1940	0.276	+3.8%
1941	0.276	+0.0%
1942	0.276	+0.0%
1943	0.276	+0.0%
1944	0.276	+0.0%
1945	0.279	+1.1%
1946	0.393	+40.9%
1947	0.415	+5.6%
1948	0.415	+0.0%
1949	0.415	+0.0%
1950	0.482	+16.1%
1951	0.482	+0.0%
1952	0.49	+1.7%
1953	0.49	+0.0%
1954	0.49	+0.0%
1955	0.49	+0.0%
1956	0.49	+0.0%
1957	0.49	+0.0%
1958	0.529	+8.0%
1959	0.529	+0.0%
1960	0.529	+0.0%
1961	0.53	+0.2%
1962	0.53	+0.0%
1963	0.53	+0.0%
1964	0.53	+0.0%
1965	0.53	+0.0%
1966	0.744	+40.4%
1967	0.801	+7.7%
1968	0.801	+0.0%
1969	0.801	+0.0%
1970	0.799	-0.2%
1971	0.799	+0.0%
1972	0.799	+0.0%
1973	0.799	+0.0%
1974	0.799	+0.0%
1975	0.799	+0.0%
1976	0.799	+0.0%
1977	0.799	+0.0%
1978	0.799	+0.0%
1979	0.799	+0.0%
1980	0.799	+0.0%
1981	0.799	+0.0%
1982	0.799	+0.0%
1983	0.799	+0.0%
1984	0.799	+0.0%
1985	0.799	+0.0%
1986	0.799	+0.0%
1987	0.799	+0.0%
1988	0.799	+0.0%
1989	0.799	+0.0%
1990	0.799	+0.0%
1991	0.799	+0.0%
1992	0.8	+0.1%
1993	0.802	+0.3%
1994	0.802	+0.0%
1995	0.802	+0.0%
1996	0.802	+0.0%
1997	0.802	+0.0%
1998	0.802	+0.0%
1999	0.805	+0.4%
2000	0.805	+0.0%
2001	0.805	+0.0%
2002	0.805	+0.0%
2003	0.805	+0.0%
2004	0.805	+0.0%
2005	0.832	+3.4%
2006	0.832	+0.0%
2007	0.832	+0.0%
2008	0.832	+0.0%
2009	0.832	+0.0%
2010	0.832	+0.0%
2011	0.832	+0.0%
2012	0.832	+0.0%
2013	0.832	+0.0%
2014	0.832	+0.0%
2015	0.809	-2.8%
2016	0.809	+0.0%
2017	0.799	-1.2%
2018	0.805	+0.8%
2019	0.82	+1.9%
2020	0.834	+1.7%
2021	0.838	+0.5%
2022	0.838	+0.0%
2023	0.848	+1.2%
2024	0.848	+0.0%
2025	0.848	+0.0%

Barbados compared with similar countries

Barbados's 0.848 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.839, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Barbados's 0.848 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.554, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	0.266	0.266	0.266	10
1910s	0.266	0.266	0.266	10
1920s	0.266	0.266	0.266	10
1930s	0.266	0.266	0.266	10
1940s	0.3297	0.276	0.415	10
1950s	0.4962	0.482	0.529	10
1960s	0.6326	0.529	0.801	10
1970s	0.799	0.799	0.799	10
1980s	0.799	0.799	0.799	10
1990s	0.8015	0.799	0.805	10
2000s	0.8185	0.805	0.832	10
2010s	0.8202	0.799	0.832	10
2020s	0.8423	0.834	0.848	6

Countries ranked near Barbados

25 Austria 0.859 compare
26 Australia 0.853 compare
27 New Zealand 0.85 compare
29 Trinidad and Tobago 0.839 compare
30 Spain 0.835 compare
31 Seychelles 0.833 compare

See the full ranking of 175 places →

More reference data data for Barbados

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0268 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0217 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0558 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0558 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.09 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0377 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.118 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2758 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is egalitarian political institutions index in Barbados?: Egalitarian political institutions index in Barbados was 0.848 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest egalitarian political institutions index recorded in Barbados?: The highest recorded value was 0.848 in 2023.
What is the lowest egalitarian political institutions index recorded in Barbados?: The lowest recorded value was 0.266 in 1900.
How does Barbados rank for egalitarian political institutions index?: Barbados ranks 28th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
Is egalitarian political institutions index rising or falling in Barbados?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Barbados data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Egalitarian Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Egalitarian Political Institutions Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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