Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Barbados
Barbados: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 1,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Barbados, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Barbados recorded 1,000 for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in 2020. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 63.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Barbados peaked at 1,000 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 600, in 1995.
Barbados ranks 163rd of 173 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,000 | — |
| 1995 | 600 | -40.0% |
| 1996 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 610 | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 600 | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 600 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 610 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 | +63.9% |
| 2009 | 610 | -39.0% |
| 2010 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 610 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,000 | +63.9% |
| 2018 | 610 | -39.0% |
| 2019 | 1,000 | +63.9% |
| 2020 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1 |
| 1990s | 604 | 600 | 610 | 5 |
| 2000s | 645 | 600 | 1,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 688 | 610 | 1,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 163 Cape Verde 1,000 compare
- 163 Equatorial Guinea 1,000 compare
- 163 Haiti 1,000 compare
- 163 Luxembourg 1,000 compare
- 163 Sao Tome and Principe 1,000 compare
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, total, gaps filled in Barbados?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Barbados was 1,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 in 1985.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 in 1995.
- How does Barbados rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Barbados ranks 163rd out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.