Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bahamas

Bahamas: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 65.13 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
65.13 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
51st
of 205 countries
All-time high
73.63 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
62.76 0-100
in 2020
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bahamas, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 73.6 0-1001998: 73.5 0-1002000: 73.6 0-1002002: 73.6 0-1002003: 73.4 0-1002004: 69.3 0-1002005: 73.3 0-1002006: 73.3 0-1002007: 73.3 0-1002008: 73.4 0-1002009: 70.3 0-1002010: 70.4 0-1002011: 70.3 0-1002012: 70.3 0-1002013: 70.4 0-1002014: 65.9 0-1002015: 65.8 0-1002016: 65.9 0-1002017: 65.9 0-1002018: 65.9 0-1002019: 65.9 0-1002020: 62.8 0-1002021: 62.8 0-1002022: 65.1 0-1002023: 65.1 0-1002024: 65.1 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Bahamas stood at 65.13 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Bahamas peaked at 73.63 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 62.76 0-100, in 2020.

Bahamas ranks 51st of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bahamas, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Bahamas, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 73.63 0-100
1998 73.51 0-100 -0.2%
2000 73.55 0-100 +0.1%
2002 73.56 0-100 +0.0%
2003 73.39 0-100 -0.2%
2004 69.33 0-100 -5.5%
2005 73.3 0-100 +5.7%
2006 73.27 0-100 -0.1%
2007 73.32 0-100 +0.1%
2008 73.37 0-100 +0.1%
2009 70.34 0-100 -4.1%
2010 70.36 0-100 +0.0%
2011 70.35 0-100 -0.0%
2012 70.35 0-100 +0.0%
2013 70.35 0-100 +0.0%
2014 65.87 0-100 -6.4%
2015 65.84 0-100 -0.0%
2016 65.85 0-100 +0.0%
2017 65.85 0-100 +0.0%
2018 65.87 0-100 +0.0%
2019 65.89 0-100 +0.0%
2020 62.76 0-100 -4.7%
2021 62.79 0-100 +0.0%
2022 65.13 0-100 +3.7%
2023 65.14 0-100 +0.0%
2024 65.13 0-100 -0.0%

Bahamas compared with similar countries

  • Bahamas's 65.13 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 90% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Bahamas's 65.13 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.73 0-100, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 73.57 0-100 73.51 0-100 73.63 0-100 2
2000s 72.6 0-100 69.33 0-100 73.56 0-100 9
2010s 67.66 0-100 65.84 0-100 70.36 0-100 10
2020s 64.19 0-100 62.76 0-100 65.14 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 48 Mauritius 66.22 0-100 compare
  2. 49 Latvia 65.79 0-100 compare
  3. 50 Croatia 65.14 0-100 compare
  4. 52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.78 0-100 compare
  5. 53 Uruguay 64.77 0-100 compare
  6. 54 Poland 64.43 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Bahamas?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Bahamas was 65.13 0-100 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 score recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 73.63 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 62.76 0-100 in 2020.
How does Bahamas rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Bahamas ranks 51st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas 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 score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).