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IndicatorBRBBarbadosLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.92rank #16
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile72.7rank #28
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.71rank #18
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.68rank #26
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #20
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile63.1rank #61
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.92rank #16
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #69
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile87.6rank #11
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile61.8rank #60
Rule of Law0-100 percentile69.5rank #51
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.93rank #24
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.8rank #22
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.68rank #30
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile74.2rank #36
Women in parliament% seats26.7%rank #84
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #24
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.2%rank #167
Agriculture value added% GDP1.6%rank #152
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker221,198.8rank #64
Current account balance% GDP-5.1%rank #131
Employment-to-population ratio%59.7%rank #73
FDI net inflows% GDP4%rank #59
GDPcurrent US$8.02Brank #149
GDP growth%2.7%rank #116
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$28,364.8rank #45
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $22,127.4rank #78
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $17,327.5rank #89
Government expenditure% GDP28.8%rank #53
High-technology exports% manuf. exports19.9%rank #28
Human capital indexindex2.8rank #68
Industry value added% GDP12.2%rank #166
Inflation%0.85%rank #30
Labour force participation rate%64.1%rank #70
Personal remittances received% GDP1.5%rank #106
Tax revenue% GDP23.4%rank #22
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.39rank #102
Unemployment% labor force6.5%rank #118
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.8%rank #124
Vulnerable employment% employment18.8%rank #66
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2418.5%rank #126
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2419.2%rank #130
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.2%rank #48
Basic sanitation access% pop98.1%rank #54
Child mortalityper 1000.98rank #47
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,117.9rank #69
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #6
Health spending% GDP5.4%rank #120
Infant mortalityper 1k births9.1rank #46
Life expectancyyears76.3rank #96
Maternal mortalityper 100k35rank #28
Measles immunization% children88%rank #12
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%88%rank #12
Physiciansper 1k3rank #50
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m310.9rank #53
Road traffic deathsper 100k8.2rank #33
Suicide mortality rateper 100k3.5rank #37
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k1rank #7
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births9.8rank #74
Undernourishment% pop4.4%rank #11
Education
Adult literacy%99.3%rank #1
Education spending% GDP3.6%rank #30
Expected years of schoolingyears16.6rank #33
Mean years of schoolingyears9.9rank #96
Primary completion rate% relevant age85.3%rank #87
Primary enrollment% gross83.9%rank #123
Secondary enrollment% gross104.4%rank #26
Tertiary enrollment% gross50.8%rank #5
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00011.1rank #131
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.7rank #127
Median age of populationyears38.9rank #54
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.28rank #116
Populationpeople282,623rank #179
Population growth%0.06%rank #167
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years80.3rank #95
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands264.2rank #183
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age50.6rank #147
Urban population%59.7%rank #115
Climate
CO₂ emissionst1.37Mrank #163
CO₂ per capitat4.8rank #66
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation9%rank #44
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land14.7%rank #143
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita14.1rank #173
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh594.6rank #137
Renewable electricity%9%rank #142
Renewable energy share%5.5%rank #49
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e4rank #34
Society
Asylum seekerspeople722rank #68
Extreme poverty% pop1.7%rank #17
Female labor participation%61%rank #44
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10037.5rank #28
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #3
Gender Inequality Index0-10.3rank #69
Gini indexindex34.1rank #33
Homicide rateper 100k7.4rank #61
Human Development Index0-10.81rank #55
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.62rank #70
Internet users% pop70.4%rank #117
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #125
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #75
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #73
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.09rank #92
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people5rank #159
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people577rank #64
Youth NEET rate%26.4%rank #142
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.2rank #27
Human hazard & exposure0-101.9rank #19
INFORM risk score0-102.2rank #11
Lack of coping capacity0-102.5rank #17
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.7rank #14
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-103.2rank #15
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.4rank #31
Socio-economic vulnerability0-102rank #21
Vulnerability0-101.3rank #5
Vulnerable groups0-100.5rank #3
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