Barbados vs Middle income: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Barbados
0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2009
Middle income
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Barbados rank
26th
Middle income rank
26th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Barbados
  • Middle income
00.0050.010.0150.020.025196019922024

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle income, a difference of 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Barbados's figure about 7.9 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Middle income ahead.

Barbados ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 26th of 169 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0044 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle income
2000s 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Barbados or Middle income?
Barbados, at 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle income as of 2009.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Barbados and Middle income?
0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Middle income?
5 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2009.
How do Barbados and Middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Barbados ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 26th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.