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Barbados vs Latvia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 184th vs. 121st).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Latvia
Population
282698
1844219
Population rank 175/197 149/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$43.5B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 100/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$23,368
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 53/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$43,867
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$20.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
48.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$11,068
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 52/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$15,995
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
24,027 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.36
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
44.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.5 years
2025

Barbados and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Latvia economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Latvia
Year GDP
Barbados Latvia
1960 $80,021,847 -
1961 $85,363,759 -
1962 $88,782,583 -
1963 $99,893,761 -
1964 $99,252,731 -
1965 $105,021,997 -
1966 $113,195,123 -
1967 $125,554,009 -
1968 $125,733,669 -
1969 $141,393,142 -
1970 $166,210,203 -
1971 $186,826,503 -
1972 $213,725,217 -
1973 $260,767,828 -
1974 $311,804,630 -
1975 $402,178,605 -
1976 $435,911,269 -
1977 $495,097,668 -
1978 $552,883,707 -
1979 $670,362,452 -
1980 $1,012,280,615 -
1981 $1,114,204,743 -
1982 $1,163,923,830 -
1983 $1,236,016,507 -
1984 $1,346,890,071 -
1985 $1,409,536,121 -
1986 $1,547,755,183 -
1987 $1,704,370,308 -
1988 $1,812,757,918 -
1989 $2,006,165,167 -
1990 $2,012,131,457 -
1991 $2,020,583,702 -
1992 $1,957,000,000 -
1993 $2,063,342,117 -
1994 $2,151,344,901 -
1995 $2,216,974,096 $5,608,208,785
1996 $2,363,645,403 $5,799,465,288
1997 $2,498,384,130 $6,349,481,007
1998 $2,817,083,478 $6,974,112,951
1999 $2,951,822,205 $7,324,192,890
2000 $3,059,500,000 $7,761,252,607
2001 $3,054,500,000 $8,190,888,740
2002 $3,106,500,000 $9,249,030,241
2003 $3,209,500,000 $11,244,337,720
2004 $3,444,500,000 $13,827,070,379
2005 $3,819,500,000 $16,306,935,905
2006 $4,217,323,400 $20,434,922,247
2007 $4,675,767,950 $29,420,499,248
2008 $4,790,410,400 $34,135,200,994
2009 $4,466,809,600 $25,691,530,442
2010 $5,191,188,500 $23,468,324,572
2011 $5,342,183,800 $26,575,547,901
2012 $5,271,257,500 $27,116,149,949
2013 $5,361,158,350 $29,152,128,168
2014 $5,365,976,700 $30,277,203,767
2015 $5,288,057,750 $26,344,565,877
2016 $5,330,761,500 $27,117,105,060
2017 $5,517,340,450 $29,391,059,767
2018 $5,629,916,200 $33,247,935,477
2019 $5,788,288,000 $33,099,503,951
2020 $5,168,344,450 $33,379,927,435
2021 $5,275,242,050 $38,183,326,785
2022 $6,257,303,500 $38,014,713,596
2023 $6,720,733,200 $42,572,151,720
2024 $7,165,000,000 $43,520,773,851

Barbados and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Latvia
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Latvia
1960 $347 -
1961 $366 -
1962 $377 -
1963 $421 -
1964 $414 -
1965 $433 -
1966 $462 -
1967 $508 -
1968 $506 -
1969 $567 -
1970 $666 -
1971 $750 -
1972 $856 -
1973 $1,042 -
1974 $1,243 -
1975 $1,601 -
1976 $1,734 -
1977 $1,968 -
1978 $2,198 -
1979 $2,668 -
1980 $4,025 -
1981 $4,417 -
1982 $4,599 -
1983 $4,866 -
1984 $5,284 -
1985 $5,510 -
1986 $6,031 -
1987 $6,625 -
1988 $7,033 -
1989 $7,773 -
1990 $7,781 -
1991 $7,790 -
1992 $7,519 -
1993 $7,905 -
1994 $8,223 -
1995 $8,460 $2,257
1996 $9,012 $2,360
1997 $9,522 $2,610
1998 $10,734 $2,894
1999 $11,244 $3,064
2000 $11,675 $3,278
2001 $11,640 $3,505
2002 $11,760 $4,004
2003 $12,076 $4,915
2004 $12,886 $6,110
2005 $14,214 $7,284
2006 $15,620 $9,212
2007 $17,235 $13,371
2008 $17,566 $15,678
2009 $16,295 $11,996
2010 $18,860 $11,188
2011 $19,346 $12,903
2012 $19,034 $13,329
2013 $19,308 $14,484
2014 $19,278 $15,186
2015 $18,954 $13,322
2016 $19,066 $13,839
2017 $19,693 $15,132
2018 $20,056 $17,252
2019 $20,584 $17,295
2020 $18,347 $17,564
2021 $18,697 $20,262
2022 $22,164 $20,227
2023 $23,804 $22,676
2024 $25,366 $23,368

Barbados vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Latvia
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Latvia
1950 53.6 64.6
1951 54.7 65.2
1952 55.9 65.7
1953 57 66.2
1954 58.3 66.7
1955 59 67.1
1956 60.5 67.6
1957 61.7 68.3
1958 62.4 68.9
1959 63.3 69.5
1960 64.1 70.3
1961 65 70.5
1962 65.7 69.9
1963 66.2 70.3
1964 66.7 71.5
1965 67.2 71.2
1966 67.7 71.2
1967 67.9 70.9
1968 68.2 70.5
1969 68.5 70.2
1970 68.5 70.2
1971 68.8 70.6
1972 69.1 70.3
1973 69.1 70.2
1974 69.4 70.1
1975 69.8 69.3
1976 70.1 69.4
1977 70.6 69.4
1978 71.1 69.3
1979 71.5 68.8
1980 72.1 69.1
1981 72.6 69.1
1982 72.9 69.6
1983 73.2 69.4
1984 73.3 69.4
1985 73.3 69.6
1986 73.4 71
1987 73.5 71
1988 73.4 70.9
1989 73.4 70.4
1990 73.5 69.5
1991 73.5 69.2
1992 73.6 68.5
1993 73.7 66.6
1994 73.8 65.2
1995 73.9 66
1996 74.1 68.6
1997 74 69.2
1998 74.5 68.9
1999 74.6 69.6
2000 74.6 70.2
2001 74.7 69.9
2002 74.8 70.2
2003 74.9 70.6
2004 75.1 70.9
2005 75 70.6
2006 75 70.6
2007 75.3 70.8
2008 75.3 72
2009 75.5 72.7
2010 75.5 73
2011 75.6 73.7
2012 75.7 73.9
2013 75.8 74.2
2014 75.9 74.3
2015 76.1 74.7
2016 76.2 74.8
2017 76.2 74.8
2018 76.4 75
2019 76.5 75.6
2020 76.6 75.5
2021 76.6 73.2
2022 75.7 74.9
2023 76.2 76.2
2024 76.3 76.3
2025 76.5 76.5

Barbados and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Latvia
Year Population
Barbados Latvia
1960 230,893 2,120,979
1961 233,148 2,152,681
1962 235,224 2,181,586
1963 237,557 2,210,919
1964 239,958 2,240,623
1965 242,417 2,265,919
1966 244,996 2,283,217
1967 247,091 2,301,220
1968 248,540 2,323,619
1969 249,444 2,343,173
1970 249,387 2,359,164
1971 249,168 2,376,389
1972 249,658 2,395,674
1973 250,322 2,415,819
1974 250,777 2,437,186
1975 251,175 2,456,130
1976 251,442 2,470,989
1977 251,626 2,485,073
1978 251,551 2,497,921
1979 251,269 2,505,953
1980 251,524 2,511,701
1981 252,270 2,519,421
1982 253,095 2,531,080
1983 253,992 2,546,011
1984 254,920 2,562,047
1985 255,820 2,578,873
1986 256,618 2,599,892
1987 257,279 2,626,583
1988 257,763 2,653,434
1989 258,109 2,666,955
1990 258,582 2,663,151
1991 259,373 2,650,581
1992 260,267 2,614,338
1993 261,027 2,563,290
1994 261,620 2,520,742
1995 262,039 2,485,056
1996 262,284 2,457,222
1997 262,392 2,432,851
1998 262,436 2,410,019
1999 262,517 2,390,482
2000 262,063 2,367,550
2001 262,425 2,337,170
2002 264,148 2,310,173
2003 265,776 2,287,955
2004 267,298 2,263,122
2005 268,706 2,238,799
2006 270,002 2,218,357
2007 271,288 2,200,325
2008 272,714 2,177,322
2009 274,123 2,141,669
2010 275,243 2,097,555
2011 276,139 2,059,709
2012 276,938 2,034,319
2013 277,665 2,012,647
2014 278,348 1,993,782
2015 278,990 1,977,527
2016 279,598 1,959,537
2017 280,171 1,942,248
2018 280,711 1,927,174
2019 281,207 1,913,822
2020 281,698 1,900,449
2021 282,147 1,884,490
2022 282,318 1,879,383
2023 282,336 1,877,445
2024 282,467 1,862,441

Fertility rates in Barbados and Latvia

Fertility rate
Barbados

Latvia
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Latvia
1960 4.71 1.94
1961 4.15 1.94
1962 4.3 1.91
1963 4.3 1.85
1964 4.21 1.79
1965 4.18 1.74
1966 4.14 1.76
1967 3.6 1.8
1968 3.57 1.83
1969 3.34 1.88
1970 3.08 1.96
1971 3.2 2
1972 3.15 2
1973 2.87 1.98
1974 2.65 1.97
1975 2.45 1.96
1976 2.24 1.93
1977 2.2 1.89
1978 1.84 1.87
1979 1.86 1.87
1980 1.78 1.86
1981 1.85 1.88
1982 1.86 1.97
1983 1.86 2.07
1984 1.75 2.09
1985 1.77 2.08
1986 1.69 2.12
1987 1.61 2.15
1988 1.58 2.11
1989 1.64 2.05
1990 1.84 2.02
1991 1.84 1.86
1992 1.8 1.73
1993 1.77 1.51
1994 1.73 1.39
1995 1.7 1.25
1996 1.67 1.16
1997 1.65 1.11
1998 1.62 1.09
1999 1.78 1.16
2000 1.93 1.25
2001 1.96 1.22
2002 1.86 1.26
2003 1.86 1.32
2004 1.8 1.29
2005 1.74 1.39
2006 1.7 1.46
2007 1.76 1.54
2008 1.76 1.58
2009 1.77 1.46
2010 1.79 1.36
2011 1.76 1.33
2012 1.73 1.44
2013 1.73 1.52
2014 1.73 1.65
2015 1.73 1.7
2016 1.72 1.74
2017 1.72 1.69
2018 1.72 1.6
2019 1.72 1.61
2020 1.71 1.55
2021 1.71 1.57
2022 1.71 1.47
2023 1.71 1.36

Barbados and Latvia demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Latvia
Year Median age, years
Barbados Latvia
1960 21.9 32.3
1961 21.8 32.4
1962 21.8 32.6
1963 21.8 32.8
1964 21.8 33
1965 21.8 33.2
1966 21.8 33.5
1967 21.9 33.8
1968 22.1 34
1969 22.2 34.1
1970 22.4 34.2
1971 22.6 34.3
1972 22.8 34.5
1973 23 34.6
1974 23.2 34.7
1975 23.5 34.9
1976 23.8 35
1977 24.1 35.1
1978 24.5 35.1
1979 24.9 35.1
1980 25.3 34.9
1981 25.7 34.8
1982 26.1 34.7
1983 26.5 34.6
1984 26.9 34.7
1985 27.3 34.7
1986 27.7 34.7
1987 28 34.6
1988 28.4 34.6
1989 28.7 34.5
1990 29.1 34.6
1991 29.5 34.8
1992 29.9 35.2
1993 30.4 35.6
1994 30.8 36
1995 31.3 36.2
1996 31.7 36.6
1997 32.1 36.9
1998 32.6 37.3
1999 33 37.6
2000 33.3 37.9
2001 33.7 38.3
2002 34 38.6
2003 34.3 38.9
2004 34.6 39.2
2005 34.9 39.4
2006 35.3 39.7
2007 35.6 39.9
2008 36 40.1
2009 36.3 40.5
2010 36.5 41.1
2011 36.8 41.6
2012 37.1 42
2013 37.4 42.3
2014 37.7 42.5
2015 37.9 42.8
2016 38.2 43
2017 38.5 43.2
2018 38.7 43.4
2019 39 43.6
2020 39.2 43.8
2021 39.4 43.9
2022 39.6 44
2023 39.9 44.1
2024 40.2 44.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Latvia
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$40.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
4.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-3.63%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
6.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
63.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
19.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
71.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
26.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.6%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
56
2003
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$5.14B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$1.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
3,204,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
7.25%
2007
Banked people share n/a
95%
2024

Energy

Barbados Latvia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
2,248 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
6.55 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
3.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
47.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
44%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
8.79%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
34.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,629 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
63.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
59.4%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Latvia
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-2,225
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
68.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
74.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
70
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
2.5
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
8.1
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
99.9%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
45.9%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
92.7%
2024

Health

Barbados Latvia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,642
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$505
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0.18%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.38
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
28 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
3
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
24.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
33.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
12.9 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Latvia
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
12,901 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
7,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
13,214 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
n/a

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