Barbados vs Zimbabwe: Economic Indicators Comparison

Zimbabwe with a GDP of $31B ranked the 101st largest economy in the world, while Barbados ranked 157th with $5.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Zimbabwe and Barbados ranked 112th vs 159th and 144th vs 50th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatBarbadosZimbabwe
GDP$5.1B$31B
GDP growth, 1 year-0.5%3.4%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.7%2.6%
Population286k16.5M
GDP per capita$18k$2.1k
GDP per capita growth-0.64%4.67%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor1.930.71
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.970.71
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$19k$2.8k
GNI, Atlas method$4.4B$25.8B
GNI per capita$15k$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted$4.7B$43.6B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$16k$3k

Financial system and Human development

StatBarbadosZimbabwe
Income Tax Rate40%51.5%
Corporate Tax Rate5.5%25%
Inflation, consumer prices3.6%10.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator3.6%28%
Unemployment9.6%4.9%
Economic Freedom Index61.443.1
Personal Freedom Index8.225.45
Human Freedom Index7.214.96
Property Rights Index56.633.7
Judical Effectiveness Index36.128.3
Business Freedom Index69.439.1
Fiscal Health Index63.136.2
Labor Freedom Index6043.1
Investment Freedom Index7025
Financial Freedom Index6010
Trade Freedom Index56.670
Monetary Freedom Index77.962.8
Government Spending Index69.288
Tax Burden Index73.662.3
Government Integrity Index4418.9
Corruption Perceptions Index6822
Life expectancy at birth, years7960.8
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people0.810.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people5.634.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people10.56.7
International tourism, number of arrivals680k2.6M

Government debt & reserves

StatBarbadosZimbabwe
Central government debt, % of GDP124.5%29.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNIN/A39.8%
External debt stocksN/A$12.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reservesN/A3880.6%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary incomeN/A11.7%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-6.8%-22.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP-0.5%-3.4%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP11.3%12.6%
Total reserves including gold$431.8M$87M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$195.1M$744.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatBarbadosZimbabwe
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP42%22.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP40.9%25.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$248.2M-$307.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP26.7%16.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$13.8M$737.1M
Personal remittances received$108.3M$1.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP14%32.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP1.3%12.1%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$12.1M$4.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$33.4M$2.4M
Expense, % of GDP35.2%26.6%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP32%20%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Barbados vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Malta
$30k
465k
Cyprus
$28k
1.14M
Slovenia
$26k
2.07M
Taiwan
$25k
23.6M
Bahrain
$24k
1.49M
Portugal
$23k
10.6M
Saudi Arabia
$23k
33M
Estonia
$23k
1.32M
Czech Republic
$23k
10.7M
Vatican City
$21k
1k
Greece
$20k
10.8M
Curacao
$20k
160k
Slovakia
$19k
5.4M
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$19k
55.3k
Lithuania
$19k
2.79M
Latvia
$18k
1.91M
Uruguay
$17k
3.46M
Trinidad and Tobago
$17k
1.37M
Antigua and Barbuda
$17k
102k
Seychelles
$16k
95.8k
Oman
$16k
4.83M
Hungary
$16k
9.94M
Venezuela
$16k
28.5M
Chile
$16k
18.1M
Palau
$16k
21.7k
Panama
$16k
4.1M
Poland
$15k
38.4M
Croatia
$15k
4.11M
Romania
$12k
19.6M
Costa Rica
$12k
4.91M

Zimbabwe vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M