Rule of Law - Governance score in Bahamas

Bahamas: Rule of Law - Governance score was 61.28 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
61.28 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
84th
of 206 countries
All-time high
83.34 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
61.28 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Bahamas, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 78.5 0-1001998: 78.4 0-1002000: 78.3 0-1002002: 81.9 0-1002003: 81.9 0-1002004: 81.3 0-1002005: 83.3 0-1002006: 78.3 0-1002007: 80.9 0-1002008: 79.6 0-1002009: 72.7 0-1002010: 72 0-1002011: 70.5 0-1002012: 68.2 0-1002013: 68.2 0-1002014: 65.2 0-1002015: 65.3 0-1002016: 64.6 0-1002017: 63.5 0-1002018: 63.5 0-1002019: 63.5 0-1002020: 62.4 0-1002021: 63 0-1002022: 61.6 0-1002023: 61.7 0-1002024: 61.3 0-100

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

Analysis

Bahamas recorded 61.28 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Bahamas peaked at 83.34 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 61.28 0-100, in 2024.

That places Bahamas 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 78.43 0-100 78.39 0-100 78.46 0-100 2
2000s 79.81 0-100 72.74 0-100 83.34 0-100 9
2010s 66.45 0-100 63.45 0-100 72.01 0-100 10
2020s 62 0-100 61.28 0-100 62.96 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 81 Fiji 62.23 0-100 compare
  2. 82 Greece 62.1 0-100 compare
  3. 83 Naoero 61.3 0-100 compare
  4. 85 Kuwait 60.94 0-100 compare
  5. 86 Saudi Arabia 60.59 0-100 compare
  6. 87 Hungary 60.27 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Bahamas?
Rule of law - governance score in Bahamas was 61.28 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 rule of law - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 83.34 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 61.28 0-100 in 2024.
How does Bahamas rank for rule of law - governance score?
Bahamas ranks 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. 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 Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rule of Law - 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, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
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Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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).