Barbados vs Jamaica: Portfolio investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP

Barbados
0.184 US dollar per US$ of GDP
in 2013
Jamaica
0.1732 US dollar per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Barbados rank
82nd
Jamaica rank
84th

Portfolio investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP over time

  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
01234200520152025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.184 US dollar per US$ of GDP against 0.1732 US dollar per US$ of GDP in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0108 US dollar per US$ of GDP.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 82nd and Jamaica ranks 84th of 164 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Jamaica Difference Ahead
2000s 4.13 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0905 US dollar per US$ of GDP 4.04 US dollar per US$ of GDP Barbados
2010s 0.165 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0765 US dollar per US$ of GDP 0.0885 US dollar per US$ of GDP Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher portfolio investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp, Barbados or Jamaica?
Barbados, at 0.184 US dollar per US$ of GDP against 0.1732 US dollar per US$ of GDP in Jamaica as of 2013.
What is the difference in portfolio investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp between Barbados and Jamaica?
0.0108 US dollar per US$ of GDP, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Jamaica?
6 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2013.
How do Barbados and Jamaica rank globally for portfolio investment (assets, positions, us dollar), per unit of gdp?
Barbados ranks 82nd and Jamaica ranks 84th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Portfolio investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Portfolio investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP
Unit
US dollar per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
164 places, 3,983 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Portfolio investment (Assets, Positions, US dollar) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.