Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados
Barbados: Merchandise imports from high-income economies was 87.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 87.1% for merchandise imports from high-income economies in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados peaked at 92.9% in 1971 and was at its lowest, 78.1%, in 2014.
Barbados ranks 20th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 62 years of available data.
Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86.4% | — |
| 1962 | 90.5% | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 86.8% | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 89.4% | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 88.5% | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 89.8% | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 90.2% | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 91.0% | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 92.9% | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 91.1% | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 88.0% | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 82.3% | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 82.6% | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 85.8% | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 84.4% | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 88.6% | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 87.7% | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 89.3% | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 87.0% | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 87.5% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 90.4% | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 90.9% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 86.7% | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 88.8% | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 87.1% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 88.1% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 87.2% | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 85.9% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 86.9% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 87.6% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 87.5% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 90.5% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 90.3% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 88.9% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 89.1% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 87.8% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 88.7% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 88.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 88.0% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 87.6% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 85.1% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 84.1% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 82.4% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 82.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 82.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 81.0% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 81.2% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 78.1% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 80.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 79.1% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 82.7% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 82.4% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 79.8% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 85.9% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 87.1% | +1.4% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 87.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 78.4%, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 87.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 58.3%, 1.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.7% | 86.4% | 90.5% | 8 |
| 1970s | 87.4% | 82.3% | 92.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 88.2% | 86.7% | 90.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.9% | 85.9% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.0% | 82.4% | 89.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.0% | 78.1% | 82.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 85.9% | 87.6% | 4 |
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 merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados?
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Barbados was 87.1% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from high-income economies recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 92.9% in 1971.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from high-income economies recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.1% in 2014.
- How does Barbados rank for merchandise imports from high-income economies?
- Barbados ranks 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from high-income economies rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.