Barbados vs Zambia: Total factor productivity
Barbados
1.18
in 2023
Zambia
1.06
in 2023
Barbados rank
4th
Zambia rank
7th
Total factor productivity over time
- Barbados
- Zambia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1.18 against 1.06 in Zambia, a difference of 0.12.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 7th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 | 0.8768 | 0.186 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 1.34 | 0.7639 | 0.578 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.35 | 0.72 | 0.6317 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.13 | 0.7887 | 0.3419 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.08 | 0.9966 | 0.0828 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.17 | 1.2 | 0.0272 | Zambia |
| 2020s | 1.09 | 1.02 | 0.0652 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total factor productivity, Barbados or Zambia?
- Barbados, at 1.18 against 1.06 in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total factor productivity between Barbados and Zambia?
- 0.12, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Zambia?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Zambia rank globally for total factor productivity?
- Barbados ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 7th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Total factor productivity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This is the level of total factor productivity, relative to each country's value in 2021 (which is set to 1). This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.