Rule of Law - Governance score in Barbados
Barbados: Rule of Law - Governance score was 69.49 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Barbados, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Barbados stood at 69.49 0-100.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Barbados peaked at 82.99 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 69.03 0-100, in 2021.
Barbados ranks 50th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score in Barbados, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 70.33 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 76.51 0-100 | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 82.72 0-100 | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 82.78 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 82.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 80.71 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 82.99 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 80.61 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 81.96 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 82.64 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 77.12 0-100 | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 77.51 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 77.84 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 77.08 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 76.42 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 75.18 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 75.67 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 75.01 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 73.49 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 71.12 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 70.47 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 69.1 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 69.03 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 69.3 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 69.6 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 69.49 0-100 | -0.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 69.49 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.32 0-100, 95% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 69.49 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 52.64 0-100, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.42 0-100 | 70.33 0-100 | 76.51 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 81.59 0-100 | 77.12 0-100 | 82.99 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 74.98 0-100 | 70.47 0-100 | 77.84 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.3 0-100 | 69.03 0-100 | 69.6 0-100 | 5 |
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 rule of law - governance score in Barbados?
- Rule of law - governance score in Barbados was 69.49 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 82.99 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.03 0-100 in 2021.
- How does Barbados rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Barbados ranks 50th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).