International Rankings of Barbados 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Barbados, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Barbados, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	25	35.59	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	124	106803	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	49	81.76 %	2018
Internet users - total	167	239664	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	42.67	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	128	128043	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	104	109.75	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	174	329326	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	154	1.664 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	155	1.466 billion US Dollars	2013
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	67	4.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	91	189.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	138	4.490 billion US Dollars	2010
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	131	39	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	100	58	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	60	86	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	105	63	2020
Exports	173	485.400 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	163	4.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	105	31.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	96	13.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	23	84.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	97	47.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	102	17.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	136	1.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	158	9.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.70 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	136	7	2017
Imports	171	1.520 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	63	2.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	44	4.40 %	2017
Labor force	171	144000 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	94	10 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	31	75 %	1996
Public debt	3	157.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	178	4.488 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	126	0.20 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	103	15639 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	166	264.500 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	72	29.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	56	10.10 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	156	1.760 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	77	674	2015
Crude oil - production	80	1000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	85	2.534 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	154	990.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	8	93	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	160	269000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	146	1.010 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	105	19.820 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	76	5.653 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	87	14.160 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	91	141.600 million	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	130	11000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	144	10630 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	147	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	141	2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	80	22 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	109	33	2018
Land use - arable land	35	26	2018
Land use - forest	122	19	2018
Land use - other	43	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	132	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	169	80.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	140	54.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	148	6.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	156	20.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	139	0.46	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	159	31	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	105	174815.00 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	103	15733 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	61	9.00 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	197	430 sq km	N/A
Area - total	197	430 sq km	N/A
Coastline	148	97 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	158	336 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	133	50 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	109	33	2018
Land use - arable land	35	26	2018
Land use - forest	122	19	2018
Land use - other	43	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	132	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	168	80.000 million	2017
Population Density	16	702.01 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	60	1 % of GDP	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	143	12.34	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	60	42.69	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	28	13.91	1430
Birth rate	162	10.96 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	54	59.20 %	2012
Current Health Expenditure	45	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	79	7.90 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	25.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	106	4.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	135	25.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	13	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	2 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	35	4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	27	1.10	2019
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	100	2700	2019
Hospital bed density	16	6.00 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	131	8.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	130	11.84 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	135	10.23 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	55	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	59	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	58	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	93	27.00	2017
Median age - female	43	41 years	2020
Median age - male	36	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	39	40 years	N/A
Net migration rate	87	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.10 %	2016
Physicians density	62	2.48 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	175	301865	2021
Population growth rate	131	0.28 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	9	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	99	1 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.70 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	13	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	113	1.70 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	62	21	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	20	30	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	39	26	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	140	0.46	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	159	31	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Roadways - paved	112	1700 km	2015
Roadways - total	136	1700 km	2015

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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