Barbados vs Upper 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
Upper middle income
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Barbados rank
26th
Upper middle income rank
29th

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

  • Barbados
  • Upper middle income
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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 Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Barbados's figure about 8.9 times Upper middle income's.

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

Barbados ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0044 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0036 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Upper middle income
2000s 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0016 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 Upper 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 Upper middle income as of 2009.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Barbados and Upper 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 Upper middle income?
5 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2009.
How do Barbados and Upper middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Barbados ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 29th 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.