Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Barbados
Barbados: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.6046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Barbados, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.6046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for government effectiveness - governance estimate in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Barbados peaked at 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.6015 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2004.
Barbados ranks 60th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7547 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7592 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6015 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.779 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.638 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7073 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Barbados
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 146.53 2010 = 100 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Barbados?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Barbados was 0.6046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6015 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 60th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. 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.