Armed forces personnel in Barbados
Barbados: Armed forces personnel was 0.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel in Barbados, 1995–2020
Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.7% for armed forces personnel in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 70.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel in Barbados peaked at 0.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
That places Barbados 98th out of 171 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4% | — |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +63.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -39.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +62.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -38.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +65.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
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More public sector data for Barbados
- Arms imports 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 36.48 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 23,256 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2009)
- Tax revenue 23.4% (2016)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 9.85 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 30.0% (2016)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 132.09 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 4.43 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel in Barbados?
- Armed forces personnel in Barbados was 0.7% in 2020, according to The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- What is the highest armed forces personnel recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does Barbados rank for armed forces personnel?
- Barbados ranks 98th out of 171 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies, published as part of Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.