Barbados vs Latin America & Caribbean: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Barbados
758,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2017
Latin America & Caribbean
16,348 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
24th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
21st

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • Latin America & Caribbean
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 758,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 16,348 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 742,257 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 46.4 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 24th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 21st of 198 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
1970s 17,572 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 799.26 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,772 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 128,719 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,228 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 126,491 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 281,031 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,911 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 278,120 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 781,422 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,481 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 775,941 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 1.25 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 10,133 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1.24 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Barbados or Latin America & Caribbean?
Barbados, at 758,605 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 16,348 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2017.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean?
742,257 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean?
40 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2017.
How do Barbados and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 24th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 21st of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,137 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.