Society profile
Barbados
Barbados: 33 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.
Demography
Population, total 282 623World Bank2025
Population aged 0-14 17.1%World Bank2025
Population aged 15-64 65.8%World Bank2025
Population aged 65+ 17.1%World Bank2025
Female share of population 52.1%World Bank2025
Urban population 59.7%World Bank2025
Fertility rate 1.7World Bank2024
Adolescent fertility rate 45.0World Bank2024
Life expectancy at birth 76.3yearsWorld Bank2024
Infant mortality 9.1‰World Bank2024
Net migration -87World Bank2025
Education
Adult literacy rate 99.3%World Bank1970
Secondary school enrolment 104.4%World Bank2024
Tertiary enrolment 50.8%World Bank2025
Education spending 3.6%World Bank2024
Income
GDP per capita, PPP $25 894$World Bank2025
GNI per capita, PPP $24 840$World Bank2025
Gini index 34.1World Bank2016
Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 1.7%World Bank2016
Income share held by richest 10% 25.8%World Bank2016
Health
Connectivity
Individuals using the internet 70.4%World Bank2024
Mobile subscriptions 114.6per 100World Bank2022
Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024
Environment
Gender Roles
Employment
Unemployment rate 6.5%World Bank2025
Youth unemployment rate 18.5%World Bank2025
Female labour force participation 61.0%World Bank2025
Male labour force participation 68.7%World Bank2025
Self-employed share 19.5%World Bank2025
Safety
Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.