Starting a business - Score in Barbados
Barbados: Starting a business - Score was 86.37 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business - Score in Barbados, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Barbados is 86.37, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Barbados peaked at 86.37 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 84.36, in 2011.
Barbados ranks 103rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business - Score in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84.36 | — |
| 2012 | 84.4 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 84.4 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.58 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 85.65 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 86.32 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 86.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.37 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.37 | -0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 86.37 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 95% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 86.37 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 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 starting a business - score in Barbados?
- Starting a business - score in Barbados was 86.37 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 86.37 in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.36 in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for starting a business - score?
- Barbados ranks 103rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.