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Barbados vs Tunisia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 12.3M in Tunisia (ranked 80/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia (ranked 184th vs. 91st).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Tunisia ranks 90/197 ($53.4B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Tunisia ranks 127/197 ($4,350).

Main facts and rankings

Barbados Tunisia
Population
282698
12402051
Population rank 175/197 80/197
GDP
$7.16B
2024
$53.4B
2024
GDP rank 158/197 90/197
GDP per capita
$25,366
2024
$4,350
2024
GDP per capita rank 47/197 127/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,672
2024
$14,451
2024
Government debt
$7.48B
2024
$44.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
99%
2025
82.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$26,478
2024
$3,617
2024
Government debt per person rank 27/185 95/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$17,631
2025
$4,061
2025
Land area
166 sq mi
2025
59,985 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,701 ppl/mi²
2024
204.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.83
2023
Median age
40.2 years
2024
33.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.9 years
2025

Barbados and Tunisia: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Tunisia economies compared

GDP
Barbados

Tunisia
Year GDP
Barbados Tunisia
1960 $80,021,847 -
1961 $85,363,759 $866,155,429
1962 $88,782,583 $880,027,733
1963 $99,893,761 $1,026,737,600
1964 $99,252,731 $1,025,866,792
1965 $105,021,997 $991,047,619
1966 $113,195,123 $1,040,952,381
1967 $125,554,009 $1,085,714,286
1968 $125,733,669 $1,214,666,667
1969 $141,393,142 $1,289,904,762
1970 $166,210,203 $1,439,238,095
1971 $186,826,503 $1,685,162,272
1972 $213,725,217 $2,237,556,149
1973 $260,767,828 $2,730,813,385
1974 $311,804,630 $3,545,868,575
1975 $402,178,605 $4,328,965,588
1976 $435,911,269 $4,508,191,942
1977 $495,097,668 $5,109,324,009
1978 $552,883,707 $5,968,460,080
1979 $670,362,452 $7,188,863,904
1980 $1,012,280,615 $8,744,134,354
1981 $1,114,204,743 $8,428,445,294
1982 $1,163,923,830 $8,133,580,052
1983 $1,236,016,507 $8,350,582,748
1984 $1,346,890,071 $8,254,541,195
1985 $1,409,536,121 $8,410,226,053
1986 $1,547,755,183 $9,017,806,654
1987 $1,704,370,308 $9,696,715,911
1988 $1,812,757,918 $10,096,245,762
1989 $2,006,165,167 $10,101,851,745
1990 $2,012,131,457 $12,290,568,182
1991 $2,020,583,702 $13,074,782,609
1992 $1,957,000,000 $15,496,708,060
1993 $2,063,342,117 $14,608,335,608
1994 $2,151,344,901 $15,633,174,304
1995 $2,216,974,096 $18,030,876,599
1996 $2,363,645,403 $19,587,161,807
1997 $2,498,384,130 $20,746,210,354
1998 $2,817,083,478 $21,802,893,587
1999 $2,951,822,205 $22,943,202,175
2000 $3,059,500,000 $21,473,528,161
2001 $3,054,500,000 $22,065,832,449
2002 $3,106,500,000 $23,141,616,605
2003 $3,209,500,000 $27,453,902,261
2004 $3,444,500,000 $31,183,885,241
2005 $3,819,500,000 $32,272,186,695
2006 $4,217,323,400 $34,376,664,601
2007 $4,675,767,950 $38,915,353,867
2008 $4,790,410,400 $44,859,439,902
2009 $4,466,809,600 $43,455,740,497
2010 $5,191,188,500 $46,206,091,938
2011 $5,342,183,800 $48,123,325,825
2012 $5,271,257,500 $47,311,401,813
2013 $5,361,158,350 $48,685,446,414
2014 $5,365,976,700 $50,271,812,921
2015 $5,288,057,750 $45,779,494,042
2016 $5,330,761,500 $44,360,072,680
2017 $5,517,340,450 $42,163,530,591
2018 $5,629,916,200 $42,686,504,460
2019 $5,788,288,000 $41,905,642,419
2020 $5,168,344,450 $42,491,780,918
2021 $5,275,242,050 $47,073,234,359
2022 $6,257,303,500 $44,948,769,171
2023 $6,720,733,200 $48,196,281,784
2024 $7,165,000,000 $53,409,988,745

Barbados and Tunisia economies compared

GDP per capita
Barbados

Tunisia
Year GDP per capita
Barbados Tunisia
1960 $347 -
1961 $366 $200.7
1962 $377 $201.4
1963 $421 $231.9
1964 $414 $228.5
1965 $433 $217.3
1966 $462 $223.8
1967 $508 $228
1968 $506 $248.9
1969 $567 $257.7
1970 $666 $280.5
1971 $750 $320
1972 $856 $415
1973 $1,042 $493
1974 $1,243 $624
1975 $1,601 $741
1976 $1,734 $752
1977 $1,968 $830
1978 $2,198 $946
1979 $2,668 $1,113
1980 $4,025 $1,324
1981 $4,417 $1,247
1982 $4,599 $1,177
1983 $4,866 $1,184
1984 $5,284 $1,143
1985 $5,510 $1,135
1986 $6,031 $1,187
1987 $6,625 $1,245
1988 $7,033 $1,266
1989 $7,773 $1,239
1990 $7,781 $1,476
1991 $7,790 $1,538
1992 $7,519 $1,785
1993 $7,905 $1,649
1994 $8,223 $1,733
1995 $8,460 $1,968
1996 $9,012 $2,107
1997 $9,522 $2,202
1998 $10,734 $2,285
1999 $11,244 $2,376
2000 $11,675 $2,199
2001 $11,640 $2,236
2002 $11,760 $2,321
2003 $12,076 $2,726
2004 $12,886 $3,067
2005 $14,214 $3,147
2006 $15,620 $3,323
2007 $17,235 $3,727
2008 $17,566 $4,255
2009 $16,295 $4,080
2010 $18,860 $4,292
2011 $19,346 $4,421
2012 $19,034 $4,297
2013 $19,308 $4,370
2014 $19,278 $4,459
2015 $18,954 $4,015
2016 $19,066 $3,848
2017 $19,693 $3,619
2018 $20,056 $3,628
2019 $20,584 $3,529
2020 $18,347 $3,549
2021 $18,697 $3,907
2022 $22,164 $3,709
2023 $23,804 $3,950
2024 $25,366 $4,350

Barbados vs. Tunisia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Barbados

Tunisia
Year Life expectancy, years
Barbados Tunisia
1950 53.6 38.2
1951 54.7 38.7
1952 55.9 39.3
1953 57 39.7
1954 58.3 40
1955 59 40.8
1956 60.5 41.3
1957 61.7 42.1
1958 62.4 42.7
1959 63.3 43.4
1960 64.1 44
1961 65 44.3
1962 65.7 45.6
1963 66.2 46.4
1964 66.7 47.3
1965 67.2 48.2
1966 67.7 49.2
1967 67.9 50.2
1968 68.2 51.3
1969 68.5 52.3
1970 68.5 53.8
1971 68.8 54.9
1972 69.1 56.1
1973 69.1 57.1
1974 69.4 58.3
1975 69.8 59.3
1976 70.1 60.3
1977 70.6 61.3
1978 71.1 62.1
1979 71.5 62.9
1980 72.1 63.7
1981 72.6 64.4
1982 72.9 65
1983 73.2 65.7
1984 73.3 66.3
1985 73.3 66.9
1986 73.4 67.4
1987 73.5 68
1988 73.4 68.5
1989 73.4 68.8
1990 73.5 69.1
1991 73.5 69.4
1992 73.6 69.7
1993 73.7 70
1994 73.8 70.4
1995 73.9 70.8
1996 74.1 71.2
1997 74 71.7
1998 74.5 72.1
1999 74.6 72.3
2000 74.6 72.6
2001 74.7 72.8
2002 74.8 73.1
2003 74.9 73.3
2004 75.1 73.5
2005 75 73.7
2006 75 73.9
2007 75.3 74
2008 75.3 74.2
2009 75.5 74.3
2010 75.5 74.4
2011 75.6 74.5
2012 75.7 74.6
2013 75.8 74.7
2014 75.9 74.8
2015 76.1 74.9
2016 76.2 75
2017 76.2 75.2
2018 76.4 75.4
2019 76.5 75.6
2020 76.6 75
2021 76.6 72.9
2022 75.7 76.1
2023 76.2 76.5
2024 76.3 76.7
2025 76.5 76.9

Barbados and Tunisia population clocks and comparison

Population
Barbados

Tunisia
Year Population
Barbados Tunisia
1960 230,893 4,267,288
1961 233,148 4,316,278
1962 235,224 4,369,136
1963 237,557 4,427,131
1964 239,958 4,489,869
1965 242,417 4,561,385
1966 244,996 4,652,287
1967 247,091 4,760,970
1968 248,540 4,879,899
1969 249,444 5,004,697
1970 249,387 5,131,396
1971 249,168 5,261,658
1972 249,658 5,396,557
1973 250,322 5,537,242
1974 250,777 5,684,674
1975 251,175 5,839,262
1976 251,442 5,996,994
1977 251,626 6,155,931
1978 251,551 6,309,390
1979 251,269 6,456,419
1980 251,524 6,606,195
1981 252,270 6,758,284
1982 253,095 6,908,642
1983 253,992 7,053,800
1984 254,920 7,220,044
1985 255,820 7,409,903
1986 256,618 7,600,301
1987 257,279 7,789,987
1988 257,763 7,974,440
1989 258,109 8,151,660
1990 258,582 8,324,509
1991 259,373 8,501,827
1992 260,267 8,682,512
1993 261,027 8,857,910
1994 261,620 9,018,448
1995 262,039 9,161,258
1996 262,284 9,294,432
1997 262,392 9,421,270
1998 262,436 9,541,667
1999 262,517 9,655,963
2000 262,063 9,764,935
2001 262,425 9,869,677
2002 264,148 9,971,515
2003 265,776 10,071,632
2004 267,298 10,166,163
2005 268,706 10,255,472
2006 270,002 10,346,410
2007 271,288 10,441,702
2008 272,714 10,542,635
2009 274,123 10,650,681
2010 275,243 10,765,980
2011 276,139 10,886,035
2012 276,938 11,009,647
2013 277,665 11,141,361
2014 278,348 11,274,288
2015 278,990 11,402,264
2016 279,598 11,528,674
2017 280,171 11,650,498
2018 280,711 11,765,514
2019 281,207 11,875,081
2020 281,698 11,974,057
2021 282,147 12,048,622
2022 282,318 12,119,334
2023 282,336 12,200,431
2024 282,467 12,277,109

Fertility rates in Barbados and Tunisia

Fertility rate
Barbados

Tunisia
Year Fertility rate
Barbados Tunisia
1960 4.71 7.16
1961 4.15 7.16
1962 4.3 7.17
1963 4.3 7.17
1964 4.21 7.17
1965 4.18 7.11
1966 4.14 7.06
1967 3.6 6.95
1968 3.57 6.81
1969 3.34 6.62
1970 3.08 6.43
1971 3.2 6.29
1972 3.15 6.19
1973 2.87 6.12
1974 2.65 6.05
1975 2.45 5.97
1976 2.24 5.87
1977 2.2 5.68
1978 1.84 5.4
1979 1.86 5.18
1980 1.78 5.03
1981 1.85 5.02
1982 1.86 4.89
1983 1.86 4.77
1984 1.75 4.66
1985 1.77 4.52
1986 1.69 4.36
1987 1.61 4.1
1988 1.58 3.83
1989 1.64 3.57
1990 1.84 3.44
1991 1.84 3.31
1992 1.8 3.19
1993 1.77 3.06
1994 1.73 2.87
1995 1.7 2.67
1996 1.67 2.49
1997 1.65 2.34
1998 1.62 2.2
1999 1.78 2.08
2000 1.93 2.03
2001 1.96 1.98
2002 1.86 1.94
2003 1.86 1.96
2004 1.8 1.95
2005 1.74 1.95
2006 1.7 1.95
2007 1.76 1.96
2008 1.76 1.98
2009 1.77 2
2010 1.79 2.08
2011 1.76 2.19
2012 1.73 2.28
2013 1.73 2.31
2014 1.73 2.32
2015 1.73 2.31
2016 1.72 2.28
2017 1.72 2.21
2018 1.72 2.13
2019 1.72 2.1
2020 1.71 2
2021 1.71 1.8
2022 1.71 1.85
2023 1.71 1.83

Barbados and Tunisia demographics compared

Median age
Barbados

Tunisia
Year Median age, years
Barbados Tunisia
1960 21.9 18.4
1961 21.8 18.3
1962 21.8 18.2
1963 21.8 18.1
1964 21.8 18
1965 21.8 17.9
1966 21.8 17.8
1967 21.9 17.7
1968 22.1 17.6
1969 22.2 17.5
1970 22.4 17.6
1971 22.6 17.6
1972 22.8 17.6
1973 23 17.7
1974 23.2 17.8
1975 23.5 17.8
1976 23.8 17.9
1977 24.1 18
1978 24.5 18.1
1979 24.9 18.3
1980 25.3 18.5
1981 25.7 18.7
1982 26.1 19
1983 26.5 19.2
1984 26.9 19.5
1985 27.3 19.7
1986 27.7 19.9
1987 28 20.2
1988 28.4 20.4
1989 28.7 20.7
1990 29.1 21
1991 29.5 21.2
1992 29.9 21.5
1993 30.4 21.8
1994 30.8 22.1
1995 31.3 22.5
1996 31.7 22.9
1997 32.1 23.2
1998 32.6 23.6
1999 33 24
2000 33.3 24.4
2001 33.7 24.8
2002 34 25.3
2003 34.3 25.7
2004 34.6 26.2
2005 34.9 26.7
2006 35.3 27.2
2007 35.6 27.6
2008 36 28.1
2009 36.3 28.5
2010 36.5 28.9
2011 36.8 29.2
2012 37.1 29.5
2013 37.4 29.8
2014 37.7 30.1
2015 37.9 30.4
2016 38.2 30.8
2017 38.5 31.1
2018 38.7 31.4
2019 39 31.7
2020 39.2 32
2021 39.4 32.4
2022 39.6 32.8
2023 39.9 33.2
2024 40.2 33.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Barbados Tunisia
GNI, Atlas method
$6.68B
2024
$47.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.7%
2025
32.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.56%
2024
6.73%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.36%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
48,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.27%
2025
-5.43%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.54%
2023
15.1%
2023
Services, % of GDP
75.4%
2023
62.1%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
13.2%
2023
23.6%
2023
Economic freedom index
68.9
2025
49.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2016
27%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.5%
2016
3.1%
2021
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
15
2020
74
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.78B
2020
$8.3B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.65B
2024
$9.34B
2024
Personal remittances received
$85.2M
2024
$3.26B
2024
International tourist arrivals
966,000
2019
2,012,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
44.4%
2016
8.96%
2020
Banked people share n/a
37.8%
2024

Energy

Barbados Tunisia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2007
956 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.4
2007
$14.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.8 megatons
2023
31.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.82 tons
2023
2.58 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
86.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
5.5%
2022
11.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.05%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
53.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,595 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.33%
2021
2.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0.07%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Barbados Tunisia
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
-70
2024
-15,221
2024
Urban population
31.5%
2024
70.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.81 ft
2025
5.8 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
65.7
2025
48.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
68
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
41
2025
Homicides per 100K people
15.3
2022
4.62
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
16.5
2019
Visa free countries
155
2025
79
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.5%
1980
86.3%
2023
English speaking
100%
2023
8%
2025
People using the Internet
80%
2023
72.4%
2023

Health

Barbados Tunisia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,302
2022
$265.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$609
2022
$90
2022
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2025
76.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.67%
2022
4.38%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.97
2022
1.29
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
36
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
10
2023
12.9
2023
Obesity rate
38.9%
2022
27.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
16%
2024
Air quality index
99
2025
74
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7%
2022
20.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.22 liters
2020
1.71 liters
2020

Territory

Barbados Tunisia
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.1%
2025
Land area per capita
588 sq mi
2024
4,886 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38.6 sq mi
2025
37,454 sq mi
2025
Forest area
24.3 sq mi
2025
2,731 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,056 mi
2015
12,272 mi
2023

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