International rankings of Barbados

The following are international rankings of Barbados.

Economic

• The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked out of 157 countries
  • 2005 ranked 32nd of 155 countries ^[1]
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2006, ranked out of 182 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2006, ranked out of 181 countries
• Minimum wages Index
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2006–2007, ranked 31st out of 125 countries ^[2]
• World Economic Forum, The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007's "Networked Readiness Index":
  • 2006-2007: ranked 40th out of 122 countries
• World Bank:
  • Total GDP per capita
    • 2003 (World Bank): ranked 38 -- $15,712
  • Total GDP (nominal)
    • 2003: ranked 138 -- $2,628
• - GDP - (PPP) per capita:
  • 2004: ranked 59 of 232 countries & territories -- $15,700 59th

General

• United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 31st out of 177 countries ^[3]
  • 2005, ranked 30th out of 177 countries ^[4]
  • 2004, ranked 29th out of 177 countries ^[5]
  • 2003, ranked 27th out of 175 countries ^[6]
  • 2002, ranked 31st out of 173 countries ^[7]
  • 2001, ranked 31st out of 162 countries ^[8]
  • 2000, ranked 30th out of 174 countries ^[9]
  • 1999, ranked 29th out of 174 countries ^[10]
  • 1998, N/A
• Literacy rate, countries by literacy rate - by UNDP
  • 2005: ranked 23rd of 177 countries—99.7%
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 98th out of 62 countries

Human rights

• Freedom in the World – Political Liberties
  • 2010, ranked 1st (Joint) out of 193
• Freedom in the World – Civil Rights
  • 2010, ranked 1st (Joint) out of 193

Politics

• The Economist: Democracy Index 2009, N/A
• Property Rights Alliance: International Property Rights Index 2008, N/A
• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 40 out of 163 countries
  • 2007-2008, ranked 50th out of 133 countries ^[11]
  • 2006-2007, ranked 40th out of 146 countries ^[12]
  • 2005-2006, ranked 31st out of 125 ^[13]
  • 2004-2005, ranked 21st out of 146 countries ^[14]
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2007, ranked out of 168 countries
  • 2008, N/A

Social

• Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 33rd out of 108 countries ^[15]
• Fund For Peace: Failed States Index) 2009, ranked 135 out of 177
• Happy Planet Index: 2006, ranked 43rd out of 178 countries
• Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 2009, N/A
• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report
  • 2008:2008 N/A
  • 2004: N/A

Technological

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 9 out of 69 countries
• International Telecommunication Union, Digital Access Index (Top 10 in Americas):
  • 2002: ranked 45 of 178 countries 45th

See also

• List of indices of freedom
• List of island countries by population density (Currently ranked 7th most densely populated in the world)
• Lists of countries
• Lists by country

References

1. "32nd". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
2. 31st Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Barbados' debut to the list)
3. 31st Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (3rd in the Americas, after Canada and the United States)
4. 30th
5. 29th
6. 27th
7. 31st
8. 31st
9. "30th" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
10. 29th
11. 50th Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
12. "40th" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
13. 31st Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
14. 21st Archived 2005-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (Barbados' debut to the list)
15. 33rd