International Rankings of Barbados 2023, 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	127	128000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	22	86 %	2021
Internet users - total	175	240800	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	43	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	128	120980	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	113	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	176	316633	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	162	1.483 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	159	1.271 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	67	4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	107	296.396 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	138	4.490 billion US Dollars	2010
Exports	196	357.000 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	167	4.990 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	109	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	97	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	99	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	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	163	9.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	10	88.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	173	2.120 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	153	0.6 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	79	4.1 %	2019
Labor force	179	139100 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	94	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	96	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	34	75 %	1996
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	5	146.93 % of GDP	2016
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	185	3.868 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	175	0.19 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	107	13800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	134	1.673 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	34	27.48 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	64	10.41 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	64	25.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	18	34.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	32	30.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	118	41000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	161	1.662 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	159	1.000 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	159	311000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	179	20.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	20	95.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	32	4.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	68	83.723 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	116	20.954 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	85	6.031 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	91	14.923 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	91	113.000 million cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	69	700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	85	2.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	156	10800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	98	1000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	148	10630 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	151	1.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	142	2.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	81	22.24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	112	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	36	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	124	19.4	2018
Land use - other	45	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	4.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	97	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	172	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	130	5.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	142	0.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	31.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	107	174815 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	104	15733 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	61	9 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	202	430 sq km	0
Area - total	203	430 sq km	0
Area - water	190	0201 sq km	0
Coastline	157	97 km	0
Elevation - highest point	173	336 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	141	50 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	112	32.6	2018
Land use - arable land	36	25.6	2018
Land use - forest	124	19.4	2018
Land use - other	45	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	63	2.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	134	4.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	46	0.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	37	3.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	50	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	6	4.75 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	21	9.94 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	46	1.36 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	170	10.73 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	79	3.5 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	52	59.2 %	2012
Current health expenditure	47	7.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	78	57.1 %	2023
Death rate	80	8.03 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	46	23.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	112	4.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	125	49 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	144	25.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	84	2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	21	6.5 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	84	0.85 %	2023
Hospital bed density	17	6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	136	8.23 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	133	11.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	139	9.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	60	81.57 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	61	76.04 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	58	78.79 years	0
Literacy - female	5	99.6 %	2014
Literacy - male	5	99.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	5	99.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	91	39 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	46	40.7 years	2020
Median age - male	39	38.4 years	0
Median age - total	41	39.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	94	0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	56	23.1 %	2016
Physicians density	63	2.49 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	181	303431	2023
Population growth rate	129	0.24 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	41	0.72 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	95	1.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	117	15 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	110	8.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	112	1.7 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	142	0.46	2025
Urbanization - urban population	155	31.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	64	25.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	18	34.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	32	30.6	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	66	195	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	116	1700 km	2015
Roadways - total	153	1700 km	2015
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.