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