Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bahamas
Bahamas: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 69.32 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bahamas, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas stood at 69.32 0-100.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas peaked at 79.05 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 68.52 0-100, in 2016.
Bahamas ranks 62nd of 208 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.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 77.52 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 77.5 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 79.05 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 77.65 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 75.25 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 75.9 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 77.09 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 77.08 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 78.65 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 78.66 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 75.29 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 75.28 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 74.69 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 74.72 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 74.66 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 74.71 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 70.29 0-100 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 68.52 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 68.81 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 68.8 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 70.48 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 70.47 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 71.13 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 70.25 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 69.71 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 69.47 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 69.32 0-100 | -0.2% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 69.32 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 91% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 69.32 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.47 0-100, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.51 0-100 | 77.5 0-100 | 77.52 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.18 0-100 | 75.25 0-100 | 79.05 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 72.09 0-100 | 68.52 0-100 | 75.28 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.06 0-100 | 69.32 0-100 | 71.13 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 59 South Africa 70.22 0-100 compare
- 60 Seychelles 70.16 0-100 compare
- 61 United States 69.55 0-100 compare
- 63 Solomon Islands 69.14 0-100 compare
- 64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.98 0-100 compare
- 65 Mauritius 68.84 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Bahamas
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.018 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0145 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0325 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0325 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0605 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0228 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0775 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas was 69.32 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 voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 79.05 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.52 0-100 in 2016.
- How does Bahamas rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Bahamas ranks 62nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. 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).