Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados
Barbados: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.277 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.277
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.4603
in 1996
All-time low
0.277
in 2023
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados stood at 0.277. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados peaked at 0.4603 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.277, in 2023.
Barbados ranks 35th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.4603 | — |
| 1998 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3975 | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3975 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3375 | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3375 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3375 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2798 | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2993 | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2993 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2793 | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.277 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.277 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.277 | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.277 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2317, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.277 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2317, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4603 | 0.4603 | 0.4603 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3854 | 0.2798 | 0.4603 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2993 | 0.2993 | 0.2993 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2848 | 0.277 | 0.2993 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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 - standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Barbados was 0.277 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4603 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.277 in 2023.
- How does Barbados rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Barbados ranks 35th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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