Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Barbados

Barbados: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 61.81 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
61.81 0-100
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
61st
of 205 countries
All-time high
77.05 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
60.56 0-100
in 2019
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Barbados, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 76.6 0-1001998: 77 0-1002000: 77 0-1002002: 74.3 0-1002003: 74.3 0-1002004: 68.8 0-1002005: 74.8 0-1002006: 71 0-1002007: 72.9 0-1002008: 72.3 0-1002009: 67 0-1002010: 64.8 0-1002011: 66.8 0-1002012: 65.6 0-1002013: 65.7 0-1002014: 60.6 0-1002015: 64 0-1002016: 63.4 0-1002017: 61.9 0-1002018: 61.5 0-1002019: 60.6 0-1002020: 61.2 0-1002021: 62.4 0-1002022: 61.2 0-1002023: 61.6 0-1002024: 61.8 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in Barbados is 61.81 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Barbados peaked at 77.05 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 60.56 0-100, in 2019.

Barbados ranks 61st of 205 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.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Barbados, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Barbados, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 76.6 0-100
1998 76.95 0-100 +0.5%
2000 77.05 0-100 +0.1%
2002 74.3 0-100 -3.6%
2003 74.3 0-100 +0.0%
2004 68.79 0-100 -7.4%
2005 74.79 0-100 +8.7%
2006 71 0-100 -5.1%
2007 72.88 0-100 +2.6%
2008 72.27 0-100 -0.8%
2009 66.98 0-100 -7.3%
2010 64.75 0-100 -3.3%
2011 66.81 0-100 +3.2%
2012 65.65 0-100 -1.7%
2013 65.72 0-100 +0.1%
2014 60.61 0-100 -7.8%
2015 64.01 0-100 +5.6%
2016 63.37 0-100 -1.0%
2017 61.95 0-100 -2.3%
2018 61.52 0-100 -0.7%
2019 60.56 0-100 -1.6%
2020 61.19 0-100 +1.1%
2021 62.37 0-100 +1.9%
2022 61.23 0-100 -1.8%
2023 61.63 0-100 +0.7%
2024 61.81 0-100 +0.3%

Barbados compared with similar countries

  • Barbados's 61.81 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 88% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Barbados's 61.81 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.7 0-100, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.78 0-100 76.6 0-100 76.95 0-100 2
2000s 72.49 0-100 66.98 0-100 77.05 0-100 9
2010s 63.49 0-100 60.56 0-100 66.81 0-100 10
2020s 61.65 0-100 61.19 0-100 62.37 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 58 Palau 62.45 0-100 compare
  2. 59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 62.43 0-100 compare
  3. 60 Greece 62.43 0-100 compare
  4. 62 Slovakia 61.25 0-100 compare
  5. 63 Kuwait 61.23 0-100 compare
  6. 64 Botswana 61.2 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Barbados?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Barbados was 61.81 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 regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 77.05 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 60.56 0-100 in 2019.
How does Barbados rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Barbados ranks 61st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 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
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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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).