Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Barbados
Barbados: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 55.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Barbados, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 55.6% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Barbados peaked at 72.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 51.1%, in 2004.
Barbados ranks 60th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 51.7% | — |
| 1998 | 51.5% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 51.4% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 51.6% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 51.5% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 51.1% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 66.4% | +29.8% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 68.3% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 72.3% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 67.7% | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 64.9% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 65.8% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 66.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 64.6% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 63.8% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 63.8% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 60.5% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 60.5% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 60.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 57.0% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 53.9% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 54.8% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 54.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 52.9% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 52.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 55.6% | +5.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 55.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 85% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 55.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 44.2%, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +29.8% | 51.1% | 66.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.6% | 51.5% | 51.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 61.1% | 51.1% | 72.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.8% | 57.0% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.1% | 52.9% | 55.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 57 American Samoa 56.8% compare
- 58 San Marino 56.8% compare
- 59 Bahamas 56.3% compare
- 61 India 55.5% compare
- 62 Cape Verde 55.4% compare
- 63 Hungary 55.0% compare
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Barbados?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Barbados was 55.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 72.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.1% in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Barbados ranks 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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