Barbados: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Barbados — 257 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
16.28
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.02
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.23
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
248.53
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.82
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
7.92
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
430.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
187.59
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.41
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
6.17
Economy (31)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
0.93
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
11.97
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
6.37
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.30
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
1.58
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
6.10B
GDP (current US$)
2024
7.50B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
2.48
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
21,581.22
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
26,544.87
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
2.43
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
21,837.73
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
24,822.53
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
6.17B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
7.01B
GNI (current US$)
2024
7.20B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
25,140.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
23,850.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
7.10B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
6.74B
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
12.36
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
1.29
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
1.45
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.31
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
75.53
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.33
Education (7)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
11.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2024
3.56
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
83.94
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
104.37
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
7.33
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
87.92M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
7.33
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
3.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
15.75
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.71
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
2.52
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.31
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.21
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-0.06
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.12
Fish species, threatened
2022
48.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
3.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-20.35
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.16
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.12
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
0.82
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
23.73
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
4.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
656.60
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.21
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.36
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
0.10
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
1.10
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
6.53
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.91
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
3.23
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.85
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
45.01
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
51.04
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
25.00
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
26.04
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
620.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
11.12
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
16.44
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
4.38
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
79.18
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
0.00
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
5.40
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
10.23
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
13.20
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.71
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
6.40
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
94.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
94.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
88.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
12.50
International migrant stock, total
2024
35,187.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
78.76
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
73.75
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
76.33
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.05
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
1,993.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
35.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
8.20
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
14.00
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
12.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
15.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
18.80
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
16.70
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
21.20
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.11
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.12
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.11
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
7.70
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
84.54
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
141.50
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.10
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
8.30
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.70
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
6.60
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.80
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.00
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.50
Net migration
2025
-87.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
3.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
7.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
13.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
2.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
28.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
1.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
21.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
31.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
99.16
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
98.09
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
2.96
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
17.24
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
23,947.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
16.29
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
24,754.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
18.28
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
48,701.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
66.21
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
96,172.00
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
65.40
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
90,846.00
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
67.08
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
187,017.00
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
16.55
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
26,925.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
18.31
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
19,823.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
14.64
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
46,749.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
0.05
Population, female
2024
147,044.00
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
52.06
Population, male
2024
135,423.00
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
47.94
Population, total
2024
282,467.00
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
20.00
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
19.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
25.40
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
20.10
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.10
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.00
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.50
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
26.67
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
415.00
Rural population
2024
114,287.00
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
40.46
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.24
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.04
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
3.50
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.04
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
6.17
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
87.10
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
78.53
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
8.22
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
3.35
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
13.64
UHC service coverage index
2023
82.00
Urban population
2024
168,180.00
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
59.54
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.24
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
1.25
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
0.76
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
1.72
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
61.03
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
68.75
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.52
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
4.04
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
303.06M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
19.93
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
461.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
320.52M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.71
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
69.40
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.79
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
29.62
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.04
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.11
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.03
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.98
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
29.62
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
2.15B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
2.12B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.07
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
87.11
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
4.33
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.64
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.19
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.52
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.20
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
5.70
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.19
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
34.88
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2010
0.28
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Real interest rate (%)
2022
9.42
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.