Barbados vs Upper middle income: Merchandise imports (current US$), per square kilometre

Barbados
4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
136,955 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
18th
Upper middle income rank
15th

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

  • Barbados
  • Upper middle income
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre against 136,955 current US$ per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 4.80 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Barbados's figure about 36.1 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 205 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 160,982 current US$ per square kilometre 517.89 current US$ per square kilometre 160,464 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1970s 516,512 current US$ per square kilometre 2,178 current US$ per square kilometre 514,334 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 1.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 6,127 current US$ per square kilometre 1.36 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 1.82 million current US$ per square kilometre 14,132 current US$ per square kilometre 1.81 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 3.33 million current US$ per square kilometre 41,352 current US$ per square kilometre 3.29 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 3.87 million current US$ per square kilometre 96,975 current US$ per square kilometre 3.78 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2020s 4.33 million current US$ per square kilometre 127,526 current US$ per square kilometre 4.20 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre, Barbados or Upper middle income?
Barbados, at 4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre against 136,955 current US$ per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre between Barbados and Upper middle income?
4.80 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Upper middle income?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Upper middle income rank globally for merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise 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
252 places, 14,042 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise 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.