Barbados
Barbados in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Barbados recorded GDP per capita: 28,365 (2025), ranking 61 of 212 worldwide; Population: 282,623 (2025), ranking 179 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 76.3 (2024), ranking 96 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 0.85% (2025), ranking 156 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+9918%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-94%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 282,623 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 8,016,550,000 | 2025 | +9918.0% |
| GDP per capita | 28,364.82 | 2025 | +8084.3% |
| GDP growth | 2.7% | 2025 | -64.9% |
| Population | 282,623 | 2025 | +22.4% |
| Population growth | 0.06% | 2025 | -94.3% |
| Urban population | 59.7% | 2025 | +47.7% |
| Inflation | 0.85% | 2025 | -76.7% |
| Life expectancy | 76.33 | 2024 | +19.0% |
| Infant mortality | 9.1 | 2024 | -87.1% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.52 | 2024 | +74.7% |
| GDP (PPP) | 7,318,202,568.52 | 2025 | +132.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 25,893.87 | 2025 | +112.5% |
| Labor participation | 64.69% | 2025 | -5.6% |
| Unemployment | 6.52% | 2025 | -70.9% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +0.0% |
| Education spending | 3.56% | 2024 | -42.2% |
| Internet users | 70.36% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 14.65% | 2023 | 0.0% |
| Health spending | 5.4% | 2023 | +9.7% |