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Barbados vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 184th vs. 181st).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Seychelles
Population
282698
125181
Population rank 175/197 181/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Barbados and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Seychelles
Year GDP
Barbados Seychelles
1960 $80,021,847 $12,012,025
1961 $85,363,759 $11,592,024
1962 $88,782,583 $12,642,026
1963 $99,893,761 $13,923,029
1964 $99,252,731 $15,393,032
1965 $105,021,997 $15,603,032
1966 $113,195,123 $16,443,034
1967 $125,554,009 $16,632,032
1968 $125,733,669 $16,074,028
1969 $141,393,142 $16,452,028
1970 $166,210,203 $18,432,032
1971 $186,826,503 $21,965,951
1972 $213,725,217 $30,645,123
1973 $260,767,828 $36,896,280
1974 $311,804,630 $43,134,496
1975 $402,178,605 $47,803,146
1976 $435,911,269 $49,278,982
1977 $495,097,668 $64,526,401
1978 $552,883,707 $85,552,366
1979 $670,362,452 $127,261,099
1980 $1,012,280,615 $156,783,830
1981 $1,114,204,743 $163,750,728
1982 $1,163,923,830 $157,211,790
1983 $1,236,016,507 $156,098,237
1984 $1,346,890,071 $160,992,921
1985 $1,409,536,121 $179,691,483
1986 $1,547,755,183 $221,147,061
1987 $1,704,370,308 $265,212,957
1988 $1,812,757,918 $301,985,618
1989 $2,006,165,167 $324,333,367
1990 $2,012,131,457 $392,163,561
1991 $2,020,583,702 $398,307,170
1992 $1,957,000,000 $461,409,399
1993 $2,063,342,117 $504,230,621
1994 $2,151,344,901 $517,570,058
1995 $2,216,974,096 $540,733,048
1996 $2,363,645,403 $535,250,347
1997 $2,498,384,130 $598,966,982
1998 $2,817,083,478 $647,287,376
1999 $2,951,822,205 $662,838,615
2000 $3,059,500,000 $654,212,394
2001 $3,054,500,000 $662,064,156
2002 $3,106,500,000 $742,134,838
2003 $3,209,500,000 $750,847,230
2004 $3,444,500,000 $893,012,218
2005 $3,819,500,000 $977,899,382
2006 $4,217,323,400 $1,081,441,283
2007 $4,675,767,950 $1,077,308,814
2008 $4,790,410,400 $979,597,394
2009 $4,466,809,600 $850,901,620
2010 $5,191,188,500 $981,616,542
2011 $5,342,183,800 $1,058,918,707
2012 $5,271,257,500 $1,089,407,839
2013 $5,361,158,350 $1,333,160,407
2014 $5,365,976,700 $1,387,577,870
2015 $5,288,057,750 $1,432,403,352
2016 $5,330,761,500 $1,568,513,348
2017 $5,517,340,450 $1,675,370,641
2018 $5,629,916,200 $1,784,313,927
2019 $5,788,288,000 $1,868,690,097
2020 $5,168,344,450 $1,382,551,752
2021 $5,275,242,050 $1,487,173,795
2022 $6,257,303,500 $2,018,346,589
2023 $6,720,733,200 $2,187,379,755
2024 $7,165,000,000 $2,167,239,562

Barbados and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Seychelles
1960 $347 $288.1
1961 $366 $270.3
1962 $377 $287
1963 $421 $308
1964 $414 $332
1965 $433 $328
1966 $462 $338
1967 $508 $333
1968 $506 $314
1969 $567 $314
1970 $666 $344
1971 $750 $402
1972 $856 $547
1973 $1,042 $649
1974 $1,243 $745
1975 $1,601 $806
1976 $1,734 $814
1977 $1,968 $1,044
1978 $2,198 $1,377
1979 $2,668 $2,030
1980 $4,025 $2,478
1981 $4,417 $2,557
1982 $4,599 $2,441
1983 $4,866 $2,426
1984 $5,284 $2,488
1985 $5,510 $2,754
1986 $6,031 $3,368
1987 $6,625 $3,872
1988 $7,033 $4,392
1989 $7,773 $4,689
1990 $7,781 $5,642
1991 $7,790 $5,655
1992 $7,519 $6,520
1993 $7,905 $6,979
1994 $8,223 $6,975
1995 $8,460 $7,181
1996 $9,012 $7,004
1997 $9,522 $7,747
1998 $10,734 $8,210
1999 $11,244 $8,243
2000 $11,675 $8,064
2001 $11,640 $8,153
2002 $11,760 $8,864
2003 $12,076 $9,070
2004 $12,886 $10,828
2005 $14,214 $11,802
2006 $15,620 $12,783
2007 $17,235 $12,669
2008 $17,566 $11,265
2009 $16,295 $9,747
2010 $18,860 $10,935
2011 $19,346 $12,110
2012 $19,034 $12,337
2013 $19,308 $14,821
2014 $19,278 $15,188
2015 $18,954 $15,333
2016 $19,066 $16,567
2017 $19,693 $17,480
2018 $20,056 $18,440
2019 $20,584 $19,142
2020 $18,347 $14,041
2021 $18,697 $14,983
2022 $22,164 $16,837
2023 $23,804 $18,263
2024 $25,366 $17,859

Barbados vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Seychelles
1950 53.6 57.8
1951 54.7 58
1952 55.9 58.4
1953 57 58.7
1954 58.3 59
1955 59 59.4
1956 60.5 59.8
1957 61.7 60.2
1958 62.4 60.4
1959 63.3 60.4
1960 64.1 60.5
1961 65 60.6
1962 65.7 60.7
1963 66.2 60.9
1964 66.7 61.2
1965 67.2 61.4
1966 67.7 61.7
1967 67.9 62.1
1968 68.2 62.6
1969 68.5 63.3
1970 68.5 64
1971 68.8 64.6
1972 69.1 65.3
1973 69.1 65.9
1974 69.4 66.4
1975 69.8 66.8
1976 70.1 67.2
1977 70.6 67.6
1978 71.1 67.9
1979 71.5 68.2
1980 72.1 68.5
1981 72.6 68.7
1982 72.9 69
1983 73.2 69.3
1984 73.3 69.5
1985 73.3 69.6
1986 73.4 69.8
1987 73.5 69.9
1988 73.4 70
1989 73.4 70.1
1990 73.5 70.2
1991 73.5 70.3
1992 73.6 70.3
1993 73.7 70.4
1994 73.8 70.5
1995 73.9 70.6
1996 74.1 70.8
1997 74 70.8
1998 74.5 71.1
1999 74.6 71.2
2000 74.6 71.3
2001 74.7 71.4
2002 74.8 71.5
2003 74.9 71.7
2004 75.1 71.7
2005 75 71.9
2006 75 72
2007 75.3 72.2
2008 75.3 72.3
2009 75.5 72.4
2010 75.5 72.5
2011 75.6 72.5
2012 75.7 72.5
2013 75.8 72.4
2014 75.9 72.4
2015 76.1 72.3
2016 76.2 72.2
2017 76.2 72.2
2018 76.4 72.2
2019 76.5 72.1
2020 76.6 74.1
2021 76.6 71.2
2022 75.7 71.2
2023 76.2 72.9
2024 76.3 73
2025 76.5 73.1

Barbados and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Seychelles
Year Population
Barbados Seychelles
1960 230,893 41,700
1961 233,148 42,889
1962 235,224 44,042
1963 237,557 45,176
1964 239,958 46,322
1965 242,417 47,500
1966 244,996 48,699
1967 247,091 49,911
1968 248,540 51,134
1969 249,444 52,365
1970 249,387 53,600
1971 249,168 54,695
1972 249,658 56,029
1973 250,322 56,892
1974 250,777 57,937
1975 251,175 59,292
1976 251,442 60,504
1977 251,626 61,786
1978 251,551 62,150
1979 251,269 62,686
1980 251,524 63,261
1981 252,270 64,035
1982 253,095 64,413
1983 253,992 64,335
1984 254,920 64,717
1985 255,820 65,244
1986 256,618 65,652
1987 257,279 68,499
1988 257,763 68,755
1989 258,109 69,167
1990 258,582 69,507
1991 259,373 70,439
1992 260,267 70,763
1993 261,027 72,253
1994 261,620 74,205
1995 262,039 75,304
1996 262,284 76,417
1997 262,392 77,319
1998 262,436 78,846
1999 262,517 80,410
2000 262,063 81,131
2001 262,425 81,202
2002 264,148 83,723
2003 265,776 82,781
2004 267,298 82,475
2005 268,706 82,858
2006 270,002 84,600
2007 271,288 85,033
2008 272,714 86,956
2009 274,123 87,298
2010 275,243 89,770
2011 276,139 87,441
2012 276,938 88,303
2013 277,665 89,949
2014 278,348 91,359
2015 278,990 93,419
2016 279,598 94,677
2017 280,171 95,843
2018 280,711 96,762
2019 281,207 97,625
2020 281,698 98,462
2021 282,147 99,258
2022 282,318 119,878
2023 282,336 119,773
2024 282,467 121,354

Fertility rates in Barbados and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Barbados

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Seychelles
1960 4.71 5.31
1961 4.15 5.42
1962 4.3 5.51
1963 4.3 5.61
1964 4.21 5.69
1965 4.18 5.72
1966 4.14 6.13
1967 3.6 5.9
1968 3.57 5.61
1969 3.34 5.48
1970 3.08 5.31
1971 3.2 5.69
1972 3.15 5.16
1973 2.87 4.78
1974 2.65 5.1
1975 2.45 4.75
1976 2.24 4.09
1977 2.2 3.75
1978 1.84 3.92
1979 1.86 3.66
1980 1.78 3.79
1981 1.85 3.67
1982 1.86 3.13
1983 1.86 3.22
1984 1.75 3.24
1985 1.77 3.09
1986 1.69 3.07
1987 1.61 2.92
1988 1.58 2.79
1989 1.64 2.67
1990 1.84 2.61
1991 1.84 2.69
1992 1.8 2.53
1993 1.77 2.58
1994 1.73 2.6
1995 1.7 2.36
1996 1.67 2.31
1997 1.65 2.1
1998 1.62 2.04
1999 1.78 2.04
2000 1.93 2.08
2001 1.96 1.98
2002 1.86 2.04
2003 1.86 2.06
2004 1.8 2.01
2005 1.74 2.2
2006 1.7 2.11
2007 1.76 2.24
2008 1.76 2.33
2009 1.77 2.38
2010 1.79 2.16
2011 1.76 2.33
2012 1.73 2.37
2013 1.73 2.26
2014 1.73 2.25
2015 1.73 2.31
2016 1.72 2.39
2017 1.72 2.41
2018 1.72 2.41
2019 1.72 2.36
2020 1.71 2.29
2021 1.71 2.46
2022 1.71 2.01
2023 1.71 2.02

Barbados and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Barbados Seychelles
1960 21.9 21.9
1961 21.8 21.6
1962 21.8 21.3
1963 21.8 21
1964 21.8 20.6
1965 21.8 20.2
1966 21.8 19.8
1967 21.9 19.4
1968 22.1 19
1969 22.2 18.7
1970 22.4 18.5
1971 22.6 18.4
1972 22.8 18.5
1973 23 18.6
1974 23.2 18.7
1975 23.5 18.9
1976 23.8 19
1977 24.1 19.3
1978 24.5 19.6
1979 24.9 19.9
1980 25.3 20.4
1981 25.7 20.7
1982 26.1 21.1
1983 26.5 21.4
1984 26.9 21.7
1985 27.3 22
1986 27.7 22.3
1987 28 22.5
1988 28.4 22.9
1989 28.7 23.3
1990 29.1 23.6
1991 29.5 24
1992 29.9 24.5
1993 30.4 24.8
1994 30.8 25.2
1995 31.3 25.4
1996 31.7 25.7
1997 32.1 26.1
1998 32.6 26.4
1999 33 26.8
2000 33.3 27.3
2001 33.7 27.7
2002 34 28.1
2003 34.3 28.5
2004 34.6 28.9
2005 34.9 29.3
2006 35.3 29.6
2007 35.6 30
2008 36 30.4
2009 36.3 30.8
2010 36.5 31.2
2011 36.8 31.4
2012 37.1 31.5
2013 37.4 31.6
2014 37.7 31.8
2015 37.9 32.1
2016 38.2 32.3
2017 38.5 32.6
2018 38.7 32.9
2019 39 33.2
2020 39.2 33.6
2021 39.4 34
2022 39.6 34.4
2023 39.9 34.7
2024 40.2 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
2.6%
2018
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
18.4%
2020

Energy

Barbados Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
1.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Seychelles
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
96.2%
2020
English speaking
100%
2023
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
80%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Barbados Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
3.82
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Seychelles
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
327 mi
2015

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