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Barbados
Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital Bridgetown
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old76.3years
Ranks 96 of 217 in 2024
2% above world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old9.8per 1,000 live births
Ranks 74 of 196 in 2024
34% below world median · 25% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old35per 100,000 live births
Ranks 83 of 194 in 2023
26% below world median · 36% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2012 · 14 years old7.7% of under-5s
Ranks 7 of 45 in 2012
58% below world median · 55% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old5.40% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
15% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.71births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
10% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
1970 · 56 years old99.3% of adults 15+
Ranks 1 of 3 in 1970
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 3 countries reporting in 1970 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old83.9% gross
Ranks 123 of 134 in 2024
16% below world median · 14% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old3.56% of GDP
Ranks 30 of 40 in 2024
17% below world median · 12% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old28,365current US$
Ranks 45 of 186 in 2025
2.6× above world median · 1.6× above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old25,894international $
Ranks 78 of 185 in 2025
28% above world median · 12% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2016 · 10 years old1.7% of population
Ranks 47 of 83 in 2016
21% above world median · 65% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 83 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2016 · 10 years old34.1index, 0–100
Ranks 39 of 83 in 2016
about the same world median · 25% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 83 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old6.5% of labour force
Ranks 119 of 182 in 2025
28% above world median · 9% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old0.8% per year
Not ranked — no better end
72% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old70.4% of population
Ranks 119 of 182 in 2024
14% below world median · 12% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old2.52t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old282.6kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
96% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Barbados has no figure in this dataset for Military spending, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.