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Barbados vs Maldives statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 184th vs. 188th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Maldives
Population
282698
531152
Population rank 175/197 168/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$6.98B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 160/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$13,216
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 77/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$26,543
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$9.34B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
140.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$17,702
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 33/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$10,769
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
115.1 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
4,587 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.58
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
32.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025

Barbados and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Maldives economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Maldives
Year GDP
Barbados Maldives
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 $19,328,038
1971 $186,826,503 $21,566,404
1972 $213,725,217 $25,177,138
1973 $260,767,828 $30,862,042
1974 $311,804,630 $39,120,171
1975 $402,178,605 $24,540,878
1976 $435,911,269 $22,399,467
1977 $495,097,668 $20,853,789
1978 $552,883,707 $24,369,109
1979 $670,362,452 $38,523,364
1980 $1,012,280,615 $42,463,576
1981 $1,114,204,743 $44,781,457
1982 $1,163,923,830 $47,911,340
1983 $1,236,016,507 $57,829,787
1984 $1,346,890,071 $109,503,546
1985 $1,409,536,121 $127,190,758
1986 $1,547,755,183 $141,882,254
1987 $1,704,370,308 $141,223,029
1988 $1,812,757,918 $168,514,513
1989 $2,006,165,167 $189,514,434
1990 $2,012,131,457 $215,043,970
1991 $2,020,583,702 $244,396,762
1992 $1,957,000,000 $284,875,809
1993 $2,063,342,117 $322,417,837
1994 $2,151,344,901 $356,014,932
1995 $2,216,974,096 $398,988,955
1996 $2,363,645,403 $450,382,328
1997 $2,498,384,130 $508,223,602
1998 $2,817,083,478 $540,096,398
1999 $2,951,822,205 $589,239,754
2000 $3,059,500,000 $624,337,145
2001 $3,054,500,000 $870,031,677
2002 $3,106,500,000 $897,031,250
2003 $3,209,500,000 $1,052,121,055
2004 $3,444,500,000 $1,226,829,563
2005 $3,819,500,000 $1,163,362,438
2006 $4,217,323,400 $1,575,200,391
2007 $4,675,767,950 $1,868,383,461
2008 $4,790,410,400 $2,271,646,188
2009 $4,466,809,600 $2,345,294,875
2010 $5,191,188,500 $2,588,176,055
2011 $5,342,183,800 $2,774,350,240
2012 $5,271,257,500 $2,886,163,997
2013 $5,361,158,350 $3,295,009,238
2014 $5,365,976,700 $3,697,353,039
2015 $5,288,057,750 $4,129,505,319
2016 $5,330,761,500 $4,409,942,624
2017 $5,517,340,450 $4,816,426,257
2018 $5,629,916,200 $5,404,344,163
2019 $5,788,288,000 $5,726,094,799
2020 $5,168,344,450 $3,712,604,583
2021 $5,275,242,050 $5,252,457,370
2022 $6,257,303,500 $6,177,118,114
2023 $6,720,733,200 $6,590,894,302
2024 $7,165,000,000 $6,975,146,349

Barbados and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Maldives
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Maldives
1960 $347 -
1961 $366 -
1962 $377 -
1963 $421 -
1964 $414 -
1965 $433 -
1966 $462 -
1967 $508 -
1968 $506 -
1969 $567 -
1970 $666 $156.9
1971 $750 $169.8
1972 $856 $192.2
1973 $1,042 $228.7
1974 $1,243 $281.5
1975 $1,601 $171.4
1976 $1,734 $151.8
1977 $1,968 $137.3
1978 $2,198 $156.1
1979 $2,668 $240.2
1980 $4,025 $257.6
1981 $4,417 $264.1
1982 $4,599 $274.8
1983 $4,866 $323
1984 $5,284 $594
1985 $5,510 $669
1986 $6,031 $720
1987 $6,625 $692
1988 $7,033 $799
1989 $7,773 $870
1990 $7,781 $957
1991 $7,790 $1,054
1992 $7,519 $1,194
1993 $7,905 $1,317
1994 $8,223 $1,419
1995 $8,460 $1,555
1996 $9,012 $1,717
1997 $9,522 $1,898
1998 $10,734 $1,980
1999 $11,244 $2,124
2000 $11,675 $2,214
2001 $11,640 $3,034
2002 $11,760 $3,076
2003 $12,076 $3,549
2004 $12,886 $4,070
2005 $14,214 $3,797
2006 $15,620 $5,019
2007 $17,235 $5,758
2008 $17,566 $6,757
2009 $16,295 $6,734
2010 $18,860 $7,174
2011 $19,346 $7,425
2012 $19,034 $7,461
2013 $19,308 $8,236
2014 $19,278 $8,939
2015 $18,954 $9,645
2016 $19,066 $9,948
2017 $19,693 $10,510
2018 $20,056 $11,423
2019 $20,584 $11,740
2020 $18,347 $7,394
2021 $18,697 $10,176
2022 $22,164 $11,786
2023 $23,804 $12,530
2024 $25,366 $13,216

Barbados vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Maldives
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Maldives
1950 53.6 36.5
1951 54.7 37.1
1952 55.9 37
1953 57 36.9
1954 58.3 36.9
1955 59 37
1956 60.5 37.1
1957 61.7 37.3
1958 62.4 37.6
1959 63.3 37.9
1960 64.1 38.2
1961 65 38.6
1962 65.7 39.1
1963 66.2 39.6
1964 66.7 40.2
1965 67.2 40.8
1966 67.7 41.4
1967 67.9 42.1
1968 68.2 42.9
1969 68.5 43.7
1970 68.5 44.5
1971 68.8 45.5
1972 69.1 46.4
1973 69.1 47.5
1974 69.4 48.5
1975 69.8 49.6
1976 70.1 50.8
1977 70.6 51.8
1978 71.1 50.4
1979 71.5 53.9
1980 72.1 54.8
1981 72.6 55.7
1982 72.9 56.6
1983 73.2 57.5
1984 73.3 58.3
1985 73.3 59.2
1986 73.4 60
1987 73.5 60.8
1988 73.4 61.6
1989 73.4 62.4
1990 73.5 63.1
1991 73.5 63.9
1992 73.6 64.7
1993 73.7 65.4
1994 73.8 66.2
1995 73.9 67
1996 74.1 67.7
1997 74 68.5
1998 74.5 69.3
1999 74.6 70.2
2000 74.6 70.9
2001 74.7 71.7
2002 74.8 72.4
2003 74.9 73.3
2004 75.1 73
2005 75 74.8
2006 75 75.3
2007 75.3 75.7
2008 75.3 76
2009 75.5 76.4
2010 75.5 76.8
2011 75.6 77.1
2012 75.7 77.5
2013 75.8 77.8
2014 75.9 78.2
2015 76.1 78.6
2016 76.2 78.9
2017 76.2 79.2
2018 76.4 79.4
2019 76.5 79.7
2020 76.6 78.7
2021 76.6 78.1
2022 75.7 80.8
2023 76.2 81
2024 76.3 81.3
2025 76.5 81.5

Barbados and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Maldives
Year Population
Barbados Maldives
1960 230,893 91,189
1961 233,148 93,450
1962 235,224 95,802
1963 237,557 98,222
1964 239,958 100,662
1965 242,417 104,102
1966 244,996 108,507
1967 247,091 112,528
1968 248,540 116,075
1969 249,444 119,564
1970 249,387 123,219
1971 249,168 127,035
1972 249,658 130,968
1973 250,322 134,952
1974 250,777 138,978
1975 251,175 143,158
1976 251,442 147,525
1977 251,626 151,930
1978 251,551 156,159
1979 251,269 160,360
1980 251,524 164,835
1981 252,270 169,532
1982 253,095 174,333
1983 253,992 179,128
1984 254,920 184,198
1985 255,820 190,169
1986 256,618 196,935
1987 257,279 203,944
1988 257,763 210,885
1989 258,109 217,738
1990 258,582 224,762
1991 259,373 231,802
1992 260,267 238,543
1993 261,027 244,884
1994 261,620 250,822
1995 262,039 256,649
1996 262,284 262,347
1997 262,392 267,707
1998 262,436 272,723
1999 262,517 277,412
2000 262,063 282,019
2001 262,425 286,767
2002 264,148 291,616
2003 265,776 296,491
2004 267,298 301,413
2005 268,706 306,429
2006 270,002 313,851
2007 271,288 324,479
2008 272,714 336,170
2009 274,123 348,275
2010 275,243 360,792
2011 276,139 373,674
2012 276,938 386,818
2013 277,665 400,070
2014 278,348 413,617
2015 278,990 428,154
2016 279,598 443,308
2017 280,171 458,287
2018 280,711 473,099
2019 281,207 487,731
2020 281,698 502,118
2021 282,147 516,154
2022 282,318 524,106
2023 282,336 525,994
2024 282,467 527,799

Fertility rates in Barbados and Maldives

Fertility rate
Barbados

Maldives
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Maldives
1960 4.71 6.71
1961 4.15 6.79
1962 4.3 6.89
1963 4.3 6.94
1964 4.21 7
1965 4.18 7.07
1966 4.14 7.15
1967 3.6 7.23
1968 3.57 7.28
1969 3.34 7.33
1970 3.08 7.39
1971 3.2 7.38
1972 3.15 7.37
1973 2.87 7.4
1974 2.65 7.38
1975 2.45 7.32
1976 2.24 7.29
1977 2.2 7.27
1978 1.84 7.23
1979 1.86 7.23
1980 1.78 7.23
1981 1.85 7.19
1982 1.86 7.15
1983 1.86 7.09
1984 1.75 7.03
1985 1.77 6.94
1986 1.69 6.85
1987 1.61 6.73
1988 1.58 6.58
1989 1.64 6.39
1990 1.84 6.13
1991 1.84 5.8
1992 1.8 5.44
1993 1.77 5.06
1994 1.73 4.69
1995 1.7 4.29
1996 1.67 3.86
1997 1.65 3.48
1998 1.62 3.17
1999 1.78 2.9
2000 1.93 2.69
2001 1.96 2.53
2002 1.86 2.42
2003 1.86 2.34
2004 1.8 2.26
2005 1.74 2.2
2006 1.7 2.2
2007 1.76 2.29
2008 1.76 2.37
2009 1.77 2.39
2010 1.79 2.35
2011 1.76 2.31
2012 1.73 2.25
2013 1.73 2.17
2014 1.73 2.09
2015 1.73 2
2016 1.72 1.9
2017 1.72 1.8
2018 1.72 1.71
2019 1.72 1.64
2020 1.71 1.61
2021 1.71 1.6
2022 1.71 1.58
2023 1.71 1.58

Barbados and Maldives demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Maldives
Year Median age, years
Barbados Maldives
1960 21.9 20.6
1961 21.8 20.6
1962 21.8 20.6
1963 21.8 20.6
1964 21.8 20.5
1965 21.8 19.9
1966 21.8 18.9
1967 21.9 18.2
1968 22.1 17.8
1969 22.2 17.6
1970 22.4 17.4
1971 22.6 17.3
1972 22.8 17.2
1973 23 17.2
1974 23.2 17.2
1975 23.5 17.1
1976 23.8 17
1977 24.1 17
1978 24.5 17
1979 24.9 16.9
1980 25.3 16.8
1981 25.7 16.8
1982 26.1 16.9
1983 26.5 16.9
1984 26.9 17
1985 27.3 17
1986 27.7 16.9
1987 28 16.7
1988 28.4 16.6
1989 28.7 16.5
1990 29.1 16.4
1991 29.5 16.4
1992 29.9 16.4
1993 30.4 16.5
1994 30.8 16.7
1995 31.3 16.9
1996 31.7 17.3
1997 32.1 17.6
1998 32.6 18
1999 33 18.4
2000 33.3 18.9
2001 33.7 19.3
2002 34 19.8
2003 34.3 20.3
2004 34.6 20.9
2005 34.9 21.5
2006 35.3 22.1
2007 35.6 22.7
2008 36 23.2
2009 36.3 23.8
2010 36.5 24.4
2011 36.8 25.1
2012 37.1 25.8
2013 37.4 26.5
2014 37.7 27.1
2015 37.9 27.6
2016 38.2 28
2017 38.5 28.5
2018 38.7 29
2019 39 29.5
2020 39.2 30.1
2021 39.4 30.7
2022 39.6 31.4
2023 39.9 32.1
2024 40.2 32.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Maldives
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$6.15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
47.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
5.17%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
5,000
2000
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-15.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
4.56%
2019
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
73.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
9.02%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
48.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
23.3%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.8%
2019
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$674M
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$5.65M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
555,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
78.9%
2020
Banked people share n/a
79.5%
2017

Energy

Barbados Maldives
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
921 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$13.9
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
2.88 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
5.47 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
1.2%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
5.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Maldives
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.006%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-2,421
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
42.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.51 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.06 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
61.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
38
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
4
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
0.6
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
1.6
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
101
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
97.9%
2021
English speaking
100%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
80%
2023
84.7%
2023

Health

Barbados Maldives
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$1,151
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$201.9
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
81.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
2.85%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
2.16
2019
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
32
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
5.7
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
17.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
9.5%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
62
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
26.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
1.49 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Maldives
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
22.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
3.17 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
57.8 mi
2018

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