Barbados vs Gabon: Insurance and financial services
Insurance and financial services over time
- Barbados
- Gabon
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1.3% against 1.2% in Gabon, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Gabon ahead.
Barbados ranks 135th and Gabon ranks 137th of 190 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8% | 10.4% | 9.6% | Gabon |
| 1980s | 3.9% | 6.7% | 2.8% | Gabon |
| 1990s | 3.7% | 4.3% | 0.6% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 21.5% | 19.2% | Gabon |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 5.3% | 3.9% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, Barbados or Gabon?
- Barbados, at 1.3% against 1.2% in Gabon as of 2017.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Barbados and Gabon?
- 0.1%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Gabon?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2015.
- How do Barbados and Gabon rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- Barbados ranks 135th and Gabon ranks 137th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.