Barbados vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre

Barbados
1.56 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2017
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
15,698 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
27th
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
28th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196719952023

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.56 million current US$ per square kilometre against 15,698 current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 1.54 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 99.4 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 27th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th of 198 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 147,863 current US$ per square kilometre 817.78 current US$ per square kilometre 147,045 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 299,300 current US$ per square kilometre 1,237 current US$ per square kilometre 298,062 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 487,885 current US$ per square kilometre 2,501 current US$ per square kilometre 485,385 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 1.09 million current US$ per square kilometre 4,943 current US$ per square kilometre 1.09 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 1.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 11,291 current US$ per square kilometre 1.47 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre, Barbados or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Barbados, at 1.56 million current US$ per square kilometre against 15,698 current US$ per square kilometre in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2017.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre between Barbados and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
1.54 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
42 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2017.
How do Barbados and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 27th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,326 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.