Barbados vs United States: Price level index
Price level index over time
- Barbados
- United States
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 109.54 GDP against 100 GDP in United States, a difference of 9.54 GDP.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.
Barbados ranks 5th and United States ranks 8th of 203 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and United States in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.79 GDP | 100 GDP | 15.21 GDP | United States |
| 2000s | 93.55 GDP | 100 GDP | 6.45 GDP | United States |
| 2010s | 106.35 GDP | 100 GDP | 6.35 GDP | Barbados |
| 2020s | 112.63 GDP | 100 GDP | 12.63 GDP | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher price level index, Barbados or United States?
- Barbados, at 109.54 GDP against 100 GDP in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in price level index between Barbados and United States?
- 9.54 GDP, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and United States?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and United States rank globally for price level index?
- Barbados ranks 5th and United States ranks 8th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as Price level index (GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.