Countries / Barbados
Barbados
Very HighRanked #69 of 195 in 2023 · Latin America and the Caribbean
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
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0.811 in 2023, compared against the world and Latin America and the Caribbean average.
Components
76.2 yrs
Life expectancy
16.6 yrs
Expected schooling
9.9 yrs
Mean schooling
17,328
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.620
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
1.035
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.
Gender Inequality Index
0.297
Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.