Barbados vs Zimbabwe: Military spending as a share of GDP
Barbados
0.8%
in 2019
Zimbabwe
0.8%
in 2019
Barbados rank
132nd
Zimbabwe rank
129th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 54 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 132nd and Zimbabwe ranks 129th of 172 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 3.1% | 3.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 3.7% | 3.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Barbados or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Barbados as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Barbados and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Zimbabwe?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2019.
- How do Barbados and Zimbabwe rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 132nd and Zimbabwe ranks 129th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).