The following are international rankings of Barbados.
Economic[edit]
- The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked out of 157 countries
- 2005 ranked 32nd of 155 countries[1]
- International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2006, ranked out of 182 countries
- International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2006, ranked out of 181 countries
- Minimum wages Index
- World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2006–2007, ranked 31st out of 125 countries[2]
- World Economic Forum, The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007's "Networked Readiness Index":
- 2006-2007: ranked 40th out of 122 countries
- World Bank:
- Total GDP per capita
- 2003 (World Bank): ranked 38 -- $15,712
- Total GDP (nominal)
- 2003: ranked 138 -- $2,628
- Total GDP per capita
- - GDP - (PPP) per capita:
- 2004: ranked 59 of 232 countries & territories -- $15,700 59th
General[edit]
- United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 31st out of 177 countries[3]
- 2005, ranked 30th out of 177 countries[4]
- 2004, ranked 29th out of 177 countries[5]
- 2003, ranked 27th out of 175 countries[6]
- 2002, ranked 31st out of 173 countries[7]
- 2001, ranked 31st out of 162 countries[8]
- 2000, ranked 30th out of 174 countries[9]
- 1999, ranked 29th out of 174 countries[10]
- 1998, N/A
- Literacy rate, countries by literacy rate - by UNDP
- 2005: ranked 23rd of 177 countries—99.7%
- A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 98th out of 62 countries
Human rights[edit]
- Freedom in the World – Political Liberties
- 2010, ranked 1st (Joint) out of 193
- Freedom in the World – Civil Rights
- 2010, ranked 1st (Joint) out of 193
Politics[edit]
- The Economist: Democracy Index 2009, N/A
- Property Rights Alliance: International Property Rights Index 2008, N/A
- Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 40 out of 163 countries
- Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2007, ranked out of 168 countries
- 2008, N/A [1]
Social[edit]
- Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 33rd out of 108 countries[15]
- Fund For Peace: Failed States Index) 2009, ranked 135 out of 177
- Happy Planet Index: 2006, ranked 43rd out of 178 countries
- Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 2009, N/A
- Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report
Technological[edit]
- Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 9 out of 69 countries
- International Telecommunication Union, Digital Access Index (Top 10 in Americas):
- 2002: ranked 45 of 178 countries 45th
See also[edit]
- List of indices of freedom
- List of island countries by population density (Currently ranked 7th most densely populated in the world)
- Lists of countries
- Lists by country
References[edit]
- ^ "32nd". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ 31st Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Barbados' debut to the list)
- ^ 31st Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (3rd in the Americas, after Canada and the United States)
- ^ 30th
- ^ 29th
- ^ 27th
- ^ 31st
- ^ 31st
- ^ "30th" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ 29th
- ^ 50th Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "40th" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ 31st Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 21st Archived 2005-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (Barbados' debut to the list)
- ^ 33rd