International Rankings of Barbados 2022, 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	8	45	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	123	128000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	25	82 %	2019
Internet users - total	164	235357	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	15	45	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	126	128000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	72	103	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	170	295000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	149	1.664 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	151	1.466 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	4 % of GDP	0
Exports	53	485.400 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	160	4.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	101	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	91	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	93	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	99	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	130	1.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	150	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	62	2.4 %	2017
Labor force	167	144000 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	88	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	88	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	30	75 %	1996
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	168	3.700 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	77	12900 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	68	29.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	59	21.2	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	30.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	32	26	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	116	41000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	155	1.662 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	154	1.000 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	153	311000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	172	20.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	18	95.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	30	4.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	67	83.723 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	114	20.954 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	83	6.031 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	88	14.923 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	89	113.000 million cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	67	700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	83	2.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	151	10800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	93	1000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	141	10630 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	145	1.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	138	2.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	78	22.24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	106	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	33	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	114	19.4	2018
Land use - other	41	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	57	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	124	4.7	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	165	80.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	136	54.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	145	6.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	152	20.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	148	31.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	104	174815 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	102	15733 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	59	9 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	186	430 sq km	0
Area - total	187	430 sq km	0
Area - water	170	0201 sq km	0
Coastline	135	97 km	0
Elevation - highest point	152	336 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	135	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	106	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	33	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	114	19.4	2018
Land use - other	41	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	57	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	124	4.7	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	136	12.34	8330
Age structure - 25-54 years	55	42.69	3093
Age structure - 55-64 years	25	13.91	1430
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	37	3.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	49	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	5	4.75 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	20	9.94 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	43	1.36 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	155	10.83 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	75	3.5 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	51	59.2 %	2012
Current health expenditure	49	6.3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	74	7.96 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	43	23.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	108	4.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	117	49 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	133	25.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	63	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	81	2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	19	6.5 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	17	6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	126	8.41 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	127	11.58 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	129	10 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	81.35 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	56	75.79 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	52	78.55 years	0
Literacy - female	5	99.6 %	2014
Literacy - male	5	99.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	5	99.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	92	27 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	42	40.7 years	2020
Median age - male	35	38.4 years	0
Median age - total	37	39.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	86	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	52	23.1 %	2016
Physicians density	63	2.49 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	171	302674	2022
Population growth rate	121	0.26 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.55 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	91	1.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	114	15 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	104	8.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	104	1.7 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	134	0.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	148	31.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	59	21.2	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	20	30.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	32	26	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	66	165	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	110	1700 km	2015
Roadways - total	131	1700 km	2015
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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