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Human development index — Barbados

Human development index in Barbados in 2023 — 0.811 index. Ranked 69 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 11.1%.

2023 0.811 index +0.5% vs 2022
World rank 69of 193
Period maximum 0.811 index2023
Period minimum 0.73 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Barbados, 1990–20230.7250.750.7750.80.8251990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.73 index1991: 0.732 index1992: 0.732 index1993: 0.735 index1994: 0.74 index1995: 0.744 index1996: 0.748 index1997: 0.752 index1998: 0.754 index1999: 0.756 index2000: 0.762 index2001: 0.763 index2002: 0.767 index2003: 0.771 index2004: 0.775 index2005: 0.779 index2006: 0.783 index2007: 0.79 index2008: 0.794 index2009: 0.798 index2010: 0.797 index2011: 0.794 index2012: 0.797 index2013: 0.798 index2014: 0.799 index2015: 0.8 index2016: 0.803 index2017: 0.804 index2018: 0.806 index2019: 0.808 index2020: 0.803 index2021: 0.803 index2022: 0.807 index2023: 0.811 index
Change over the period: +0.081 (+11.1%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 0.811 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.811 +0.004 +0.5%
2022 0.807 +0.004 +0.5%
2021 0.803 +0 +0%
2020 0.803 −0.005 −0.62%
2019 0.808 +0.002 +0.25%
2018 0.806 +0.002 +0.25%
2017 0.804 +0.001 +0.12%
2016 0.803 +0.003 +0.38%
2015 0.8 +0.001 +0.13%
2014 0.799 +0.001 +0.13%
2013 0.798 +0.001 +0.13%
2012 0.797 +0.003 +0.38%
2011 0.794 −0.003 −0.38%
2010 0.797 −0.001 −0.13%
2009 0.798 +0.004 +0.5%
2008 0.794 +0.004 +0.51%
2007 0.79 +0.007 +0.89%
2006 0.783 +0.004 +0.51%
2005 0.779 +0.004 +0.52%
2004 0.775 +0.004 +0.52%
2003 0.771 +0.004 +0.52%
2002 0.767 +0.004 +0.52%
2001 0.763 +0.001 +0.13%
2000 0.762 +0.006 +0.79%
1999 0.756 +0.002 +0.27%
1998 0.754 +0.002 +0.27%
1997 0.752 +0.004 +0.53%
1996 0.748 +0.004 +0.54%
1995 0.744 +0.004 +0.54%
1994 0.74 +0.005 +0.68%
1993 0.735 +0.003 +0.41%
1992 0.732 +0 +0%
1991 0.732 +0.002 +0.27%
1990 0.73 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.84 BS Bahamas 0.82 BB Barbados 0.811 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798 GD Grenada 0.791 DO Dominican Republic 0.776 CU Cuba 0.762 DM Dominica 0.761 LC Saint Lucia 0.748 JM Jamaica 0.72 HT Haiti 0.554
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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