Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Bahamas

Bahamas: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 53.98 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
53.98 0-100
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
101st
of 206 countries
All-time high
78.21 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
52.77 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Bahamas, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 65.1 0-1001998: 72 0-1002000: 73.6 0-1002002: 78.2 0-1002003: 76.6 0-1002004: 73.6 0-1002005: 76.6 0-1002006: 75.2 0-1002007: 75.2 0-1002008: 75.2 0-1002009: 67.1 0-1002010: 65.3 0-1002011: 64.4 0-1002012: 64.3 0-1002013: 61.7 0-1002014: 60.3 0-1002015: 58.3 0-1002016: 58.9 0-1002017: 56.3 0-1002018: 57.3 0-1002019: 54.4 0-1002020: 54.4 0-1002021: 54.3 0-1002022: 53.3 0-1002023: 53 0-1002024: 52.8 0-1002025: 54 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 2025, regulatory quality - governance score in Bahamas stood at 53.98 0-100.

That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Bahamas peaked at 78.21 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 52.77 0-100, in 2024.

Bahamas ranks 101st of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Bahamas, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Bahamas, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 65.13 0-100 —
1998 71.96 0-100 +10.5%
2000 73.6 0-100 +2.3%
2002 78.21 0-100 +6.3%
2003 76.61 0-100 -2.0%
2004 73.61 0-100 -3.9%
2005 76.58 0-100 +4.0%
2006 75.2 0-100 -1.8%
2007 75.21 0-100 +0.0%
2008 75.17 0-100 -0.1%
2009 67.05 0-100 -10.8%
2010 65.28 0-100 -2.6%
2011 64.4 0-100 -1.3%
2012 64.35 0-100 -0.1%
2013 61.67 0-100 -4.2%
2014 60.34 0-100 -2.1%
2015 58.32 0-100 -3.3%
2016 58.92 0-100 +1.0%
2017 56.26 0-100 -4.5%
2018 57.32 0-100 +1.9%
2019 54.44 0-100 -5.0%
2020 54.41 0-100 -0.1%
2021 54.28 0-100 -0.2%
2022 53.35 0-100 -1.7%
2023 52.97 0-100 -0.7%
2024 52.77 0-100 -0.4%
2025 53.98 0-100 +2.3%

Bahamas compared with similar countries

  • Bahamas's 53.98 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 76% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Bahamas's 53.98 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 68.55 0-100 65.13 0-100 71.96 0-100 2
2000s 74.58 0-100 67.05 0-100 78.21 0-100 9
2010s 60.13 0-100 54.44 0-100 65.28 0-100 10
2020s 53.63 0-100 52.77 0-100 54.41 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 98 Moldova 54.59 0-100 compare
  2. 99 South Africa 54.32 0-100 compare
  3. 100 Samoa 54.2 0-100 compare
  4. 102 Argentina 53.89 0-100 compare
  5. 103 Bhutan 53.89 0-100 compare
  6. 104 China 53.59 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Bahamas?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Bahamas was 53.98 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 78.21 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 52.77 0-100 in 2024.
How does Bahamas rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Bahamas ranks 101st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. 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 Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - 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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. 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).