How does Barbados rank for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp?

Barbados ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.

Is population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Barbados?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados

Name: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Barbados: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP was 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0 1000 No per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 4.7%

World rank

172nd

of 187 countries

All-time high

0 1000 No per US$ of GDP

in 1960

All-time low

0 1000 No per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Years of data

1960–2025

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp in Barbados is 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp in Barbados peaked at 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP, in 2025.

That places Barbados 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados, year by year

Annual values for Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados, 1960 to 2025.
Year	1000 No per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
1962	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-3.3%
1963	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.6%
1964	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+1.3%
1965	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-5.0%
1966	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.8%
1967	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.4%
1968	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+0.3%
1969	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.6%
1970	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-14.3%
1971	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.0%
1972	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-11.5%
1973	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-17.0%
1974	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-15.3%
1975	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-21.5%
1976	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.6%
1977	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.9%
1978	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.4%
1979	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-16.6%
1980	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-33.2%
1981	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.5%
1982	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.6%
1983	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.2%
1984	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-8.6%
1985	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.8%
1986	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.3%
1987	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.5%
1988	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.3%
1989	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.9%
1990	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
1991	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
1992	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+2.5%
1993	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
1994	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
1995	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
1996	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.8%
1997	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
1998	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-11.9%
1999	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-5.2%
2000	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.1%
2001	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-0.1%
2002	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.0%
2003	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-3.5%
2004	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-7.1%
2005	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.1%
2006	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
2007	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-10.0%
2008	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
2009	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+7.0%
2010	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-17.9%
2011	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
2012	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+1.3%
2013	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-3.1%
2014	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-0.5%
2015	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-0.2%
2016	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+0.5%
2017	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2018	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.4%
2019	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-2.4%
2020	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	+14.5%
2021	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-8.9%
2022	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-13.3%
2023	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.2%
2024	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.4%
2025	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	-4.7%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	0 1000 No per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Barbados

169 Germany 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare
170 Aruba 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare
171 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare
173 Denmark 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare
174 Singapore 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare
175 Austria 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More work & labour data for Barbados

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7079 % change on previous year (2100)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6853 % change on previous year (2100)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7302 % change on previous year (2100)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9854 % change on previous year (2050)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8257 % change on previous year (2050)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 114.42 1000 No (2050)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 165.89 1000 No (2050)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 97.75 1000 No (2100)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 96.95 1000 No (2100)
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 194.7 1000 No (2100)

All data for Barbados →

Frequently asked questions

What is population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp in Barbados?: Population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp in Barbados was 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Barbados?: The highest recorded value was 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in 1960.
What is the lowest population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Barbados?: The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP in 2025.
How does Barbados rank for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp?: Barbados ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
Is population - est. & proj. — urban population, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Barbados?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Barbados data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-est-and-proj-urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/barbados/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-est-and-proj-urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/barbados/">Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP in Barbados</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per unit of GDP
Unit: 1000 No per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 10,242 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 August 2026

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.