Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Barbados
Barbados: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.918 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.918
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
21st
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.92
in 2020
All-time low
0.673
in 1947
Years of data
80
1946–2025
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Barbados, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Barbados stood at 0.918.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Barbados peaked at 0.92 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.673, in 1947.
Barbados ranks 21st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.676 | — |
| 1947 | 0.673 | -0.4% |
| 1948 | 0.678 | +0.7% |
| 1949 | 0.682 | +0.6% |
| 1950 | 0.688 | +0.9% |
| 1951 | 0.675 | -1.9% |
| 1952 | 0.703 | +4.1% |
| 1953 | 0.703 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.703 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.703 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.713 | +1.4% |
| 1957 | 0.714 | +0.1% |
| 1958 | 0.757 | +6.0% |
| 1959 | 0.757 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.762 | +0.7% |
| 1961 | 0.762 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.762 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.745 | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.745 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.86 | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 0.87 | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.87 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.87 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.885 | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.885 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.885 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.887 | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.887 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.887 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.898 | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.898 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.898 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.898 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.903 | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.903 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.91 | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.901 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.909 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.909 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.902 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.918 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.918 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.918 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.906 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.909 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.92 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.92 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.92 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.92 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.92 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.918 | -0.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.918 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.918 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.6773 | 0.673 | 0.682 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.7116 | 0.675 | 0.757 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.7991 | 0.745 | 0.87 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8908 | 0.885 | 0.898 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.903 | 0.903 | 0.903 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9088 | 0.901 | 0.91 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9107 | 0.902 | 0.918 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9197 | 0.918 | 0.92 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More economy & growth data for Barbados
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.99 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -64.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 55.55 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -66.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 40.56 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -18.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0583 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Barbados?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Barbados was 0.918 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.92 in 2020.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.673 in 1947.
- How does Barbados rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Barbados ranks 21st out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.