Barbados vs IBRD only: Merchandise imports from high-income economies
Merchandise imports from high-income economies over time
- Barbados
- IBRD only
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 87.1% against 61.6% in IBRD only, a difference of 25.5%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.4 times IBRD only's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was IBRD only ahead.
Barbados ranks 20th and IBRD only ranks 19th of 206 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | IBRD only | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.7% | 86.9% | 1.8% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 87.4% | 84.9% | 2.5% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 88.2% | 82.7% | 5.6% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 87.9% | 83.8% | 4.1% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 87.0% | 75.0% | 12.1% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 81.0% | 65.8% | 15.2% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 62.6% | 24.3% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from high-income economies, Barbados or IBRD only?
- Barbados, at 87.1% against 61.6% in IBRD only as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from high-income economies between Barbados and IBRD only?
- 25.5%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and IBRD only?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and IBRD only rank globally for merchandise imports from high-income economies?
- Barbados ranks 20th and IBRD only ranks 19th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.