Barbados, year by year

Every index this site holds for Barbados, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.728 → 0.809 (+0.081)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth75 → 76.3 (+1.4)

Internet users55 → 70 (+15)

Urban population60 → 60 (-1)

Births per woman1.74 → 1.71 (-0.03)

Renewable share of energy9 → 6 (-3)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (+0)

Infant mortality14 → 9 (-4)

CO2 emissions per person2.4 → 2.5 (+0.1)

Forest area15 → 15 (0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.728	73.5	—	—	1.84	18	100	16	2.4	14.7	—	—
1991	0.729	73.5	—	64	1.84	17	100	16	2.3	14.7	—	—
1992	0.729	73.6	—	64	1.80	16	100	15	2.2	14.7	—	—
1993	0.733	73.7	—	63	1.77	14	100	14	2.1	14.7	—	—
1994	0.738	73.8	—	63	1.73	14	100	14	2.0	14.7	—	—
1995	0.742	73.9	0	63	1.70	14	100	13	2.1	14.7	—	—
1996	0.746	74.1	0	63	1.67	15	100	13	2.0	14.7	—	—
1997	0.750	74.0	1	63	1.65	14	100	13	2.4	14.7	—	—
1998	0.751	74.5	2	63	1.62	11	100	13	2.6	14.7	—	—
1999	0.753	74.6	2	63	1.78	11	100	13	2.8	14.7	—	—
2000	0.760	74.6	4	63	1.93	12	100	13	2.2	14.7	—	—
2001	0.761	74.7	12	62	1.96	11	100	13	2.1	14.7	—	—
2002	0.765	74.8	28	62	1.86	10	100	13	2.3	14.7	—	—
2003	0.769	74.9	40	62	1.86	9	100	13	2.4	14.7	—	—
2004	0.774	75.2	50	61	1.80	9	100	14	2.4	14.7	—	—
2005	0.779	75.0	53	61	1.74	9	100	14	2.4	14.7	—	—
2006	0.784	75.0	55	60	1.70	9	100	13	2.6	14.7	15620	20931
2007	0.789	75.3	58	60	1.76	9	100	13	2.5	14.7	17235	21841
2008	0.792	75.3	61	59	1.76	8	100	13	2.9	14.7	17566	22285
2009	0.794	75.5	65	59	1.77	9	100	13	2.9	14.7	16295	21188
2010	0.792	75.5	65	59	1.79	8	100	13	3.0	14.7	19723	19633
2011	0.790	75.6	67	59	1.76	4	100	13	2.5	14.7	20146	19958
2012	0.793	75.7	71	59	1.73	4	100	12	2.3	14.7	19811	18669
2013	0.793	75.8	72	59	1.73	3	100	12	2.6	14.7	20384	19008
2014	0.795	75.9	72	59	1.73	3	100	12	2.4	14.7	20424	18808
2015	0.798	76.1	72	59	1.73	3	100	12	2.6	14.7	20429	19190
2016	0.801	76.2	72	59	1.72	3	100	12	2.8	14.7	20311	19191
2017	0.803	76.2	71	59	1.72	4	100	11	2.4	14.7	20871	18970
2018	0.804	76.4	71	59	1.72	5	100	11	2.8	14.7	21378	19774
2019	0.806	76.5	70	59	1.72	3	100	11	3.1	14.7	21929	19987
2020	0.803	76.7	70	59	1.71	5	100	10	2.4	14.7	19181	16544
2021	0.803	76.6	69	59	1.71	6	100	10	2.3	14.7	21084	17687
2022	0.809	75.7	69	59	1.71	6	100	10	2.4	14.7	24393	21952
2023	—	76.2	70	59	1.71	—	100	9	2.5	14.7	25584	23176
2024	—	76.3	70	60	1.71	—	100	9	2.5	—	26897	24540
2025	—	—	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	28365	25894
Profile shows	0.809	76.3	70	60	1.71	6	—	—	2.5	14.7	28365	25894

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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