Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados
Barbados: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados is 99.2%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados peaked at 99.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 99.2%, in 2016.
Barbados ranks 46th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99.2% | — |
| 2012 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 99.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.3%, 100% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 99.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Barbados
More private sector data for Barbados
- Merchandise trade 33.1% (2025)
- Food imports 22.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 43.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 428.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,514 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0534 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Barbados was 99.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.2% in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Barbados ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.