Service imports — all countries

Service imports — Barbados

Service imports in Barbados in 2017 — 686,954,662 US$. Ranked 142 in the world out of 184. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 3,424%.

2017 687M US$ −0.73% vs 2016
World rank 142of 184
Period maximum 745M US$2013
Period minimum 19.49M US$1967

Trend over time

1967–2017 · US$

Service imports — Barbados, 1967–20170200M400M600M800M196719721977198219871992199720022007201220171967: 19,493,612 US$1968: 23,546,986 US$1969: 28,687,093 US$1970: 32,847,040 US$1971: 35,229,486 US$1972: 39,108,929 US$1973: 40,013,451 US$1974: 37,752,978 US$1975: 46,422,285 US$1976: 52,640,478 US$1977: 59,729,553 US$1978: 74,089,295 US$1979: 90,017,442 US$1980: 113,712,208 US$1981: 126,303,805 US$1982: 136,351,345 US$1983: 128,864,543 US$1984: 131,669,210 US$1985: 131,708,883 US$1986: 140,103,767 US$1987: 159,076,203 US$1988: 143,698,232 US$1989: 171,249,534 US$1990: 164,552,777 US$1991: 149,351,590 US$1992: 150,461,041 US$1993: 189,617,786 US$1994: 210,094,806 US$1995: 242,550,161 US$1996: 262,693,224 US$1997: 279,954,710 US$1998: 298,767,280 US$1999: 317,862,910 US$2000: 380,634,377 US$2001: 359,262,866 US$2002: 376,380,699 US$2003: 450,121,369 US$2004: 431,919,842 US$2005: 522,228,354 US$2006: 529,564,424 US$2007: 574,502,120 US$2008: 662,598,790 US$2009: 627,917,355 US$2010: 670,097,175 US$2011: 520,915,377 US$2012: 540,184,200 US$2013: 745,250,120 US$2014: 687,399,401 US$2015: 712,557,509 US$2016: 691,979,665 US$2017: 686,954,662 US$
Change over the period: +667M (+3,424%) Average annual rate: 7.38 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Barbados 687M US$
World 5.42T US$
Caribbean computed 17.11B US$
High-income countries computed 3.95T US$
Service imports — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2017 687M −5.03M −0.73%
2016 692M −20.58M −2.89%
2015 713M +25.16M +3.66%
2014 687M −57.85M −7.76%
2013 745M +205M +37.96%
2012 540M +19.27M +3.7%
2011 521M −149M −22.26%
2010 670M +42.18M +6.72%
2009 628M −34.68M −5.23%
2008 663M +88.1M +15.33%
2007 575M +44.94M +8.49%
2006 530M +7.34M +1.4%
2005 522M +90.31M +20.91%
2004 432M −18.2M −4.04%
2003 450M +73.74M +19.59%
2002 376M +17.12M +4.76%
2001 359M −21.37M −5.61%
2000 381M +62.77M +19.75%
1999 318M +19.1M +6.39%
1998 299M +18.81M +6.72%
1997 280M +17.26M +6.57%
1996 263M +20.14M +8.3%
1995 243M +32.46M +15.45%
1994 210M +20.48M +10.8%
1993 190M +39.16M +26.02%
1992 150M +1.11M +0.74%
1991 149M −15.2M −9.24%
1990 165M −6.7M −3.91%
1989 171M +27.55M +19.17%
1988 144M −15.38M −9.67%
1987 159M +18.97M +13.54%
1986 140M +8.39M +6.37%
1985 132M +39,673 +0.03%
1984 132M +2.8M +2.18%
1983 129M −7.49M −5.49%
1982 136M +10.05M +7.96%
1981 126M +12.59M +11.07%
1980 114M +23.69M +26.32%
1979 90.02M +15.93M +21.5%
1978 74.09M +14.36M +24.04%
1977 59.73M +7.09M +13.47%
1976 52.64M +6.22M +13.39%
1975 46.42M +8.67M +22.96%
1974 37.75M −2.26M −5.65%
1973 40.01M +904,522 +2.31%
1972 39.11M +3.88M +11.01%
1971 35.23M +2.38M +7.25%
1970 32.85M +4.16M +14.5%
1969 28.69M +5.14M +21.83%
1968 23.55M +4.05M +20.79%
1967 19.49M

About the indicator

Imports of services: what residents spend on foreign transport, travel, insurance, business and computer services. A large and inconspicuous item: the spending of a country's own tourists abroad is counted here, so countries with well-off populations and a short holiday season have large service imports even when merchandise trade is weak. For many countries the difference between exports and imports of services flips the sign of a trade balance computed on goods alone.

Important: The trips of a country's own citizens abroad are part of service imports, not a separate item. It excludes compensation paid to foreign workers and investment income.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.