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	0
Internet users - percent of population	49	81.76 %	2018
Internet users - total	167	239664	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	42.67	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	128	128043	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	104	109.75	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	174	329326	0
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 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	131	38.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	100	57.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	60	86.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	105	62.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	163	4.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	105	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	96	13.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	23	84.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	97	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	102	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	136	1.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	158	9.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	63	2.4 %	2017
Labor force	171	144000 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	94	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	31	75 %	1996
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	172	4.488 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	82	15639 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	72	29.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	156	1.760 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	77	674	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	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 - exports	94	0 kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	8	93	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
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 - exports	56	0 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 - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	144	10630 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	147	1.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	141	2.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	80	22.24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	109	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	35	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	122	19.4	2018
Land use - other	43	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	132	4.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	31.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	105	174815 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 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	197	430 sq km	0
Area - total	197	430 sq km	0
Area - water	179	0201 sq km	0
Coastline	147	97 km	0
Elevation - highest point	160	336 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	134	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	109	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	35	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	122	19.4	2018
Land use - other	43	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	132	4.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	168	80.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	143	12.34 %	8330
Age structure - 25-54 years	60	42.69 %	3093
Age structure - 55-64 years	28	13.91 %	1430
Birth rate	162	10.96 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	54	59.2 %	2012
Current Health Expenditure	45	6.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	79	7.9 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	25.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	106	4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	135	25.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	1.5 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	35	4.4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	27	1.1	2019
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2019
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	100	2700	2019
Hospital bed density	16	6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	131	8.6 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	130	11.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	135	10.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	55	81.13 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	59	75.54 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	58	78.31 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	93	27	2017
Median age - female	43	40.7 years	2020
Median age - male	36	38.4 years	0
Median age - total	39	39.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	87	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.1 %	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	99.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	99	0.8 % 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	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	26	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	13	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	113	1.7 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	62	21.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	20	30.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	39	26	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	140	0.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	31.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	113	1700 km	2015
Roadways - total	136	1700 km	2015
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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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