Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bahamas

Bahamas: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 66.53 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
66.53 0-100
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
63rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
77.39 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
65.75 0-100
in 2016
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bahamas, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 76.1 0-1001998: 76.1 0-1002000: 77.4 0-1002002: 76.2 0-1002003: 73.5 0-1002004: 73.9 0-1002005: 74.9 0-1002006: 74.9 0-1002007: 76.4 0-1002008: 76.4 0-1002009: 73.8 0-1002010: 73.7 0-1002011: 73.2 0-1002012: 73.2 0-1002013: 73.2 0-1002014: 73.3 0-1002015: 67.7 0-1002016: 65.8 0-1002017: 66.1 0-1002018: 65.9 0-1002019: 67.8 0-1002020: 67.8 0-1002021: 68.6 0-1002022: 67.5 0-1002023: 66.8 0-1002024: 66.5 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 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas stood at 66.53 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas peaked at 77.39 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 65.75 0-100, in 2016.

Bahamas ranks 63rd of 206 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.07 0-100 76.06 0-100 76.08 0-100 2
2000s 75.25 0-100 73.46 0-100 77.39 0-100 9
2010s 69.99 0-100 65.75 0-100 73.74 0-100 10
2020s 67.45 0-100 66.53 0-100 68.6 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 60 Saint Lucia 67.55 0-100 compare
  2. 61 South Africa 67.48 0-100 compare
  3. 62 Nauru 67.33 0-100 compare
  4. 64 Antigua and Barbuda 65.81 0-100 compare
  5. 65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.65 0-100 compare
  6. 66 Vanuatu 65.36 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Bahamas was 66.53 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 voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 77.39 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 65.75 0-100 in 2016.
How does Bahamas rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Bahamas ranks 63rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - 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, 5,259 data points, 1996–2024
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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).