Barbados vs Japan: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita

Barbados

0.918

in 2025

Japan

0.925

in 2025

Barbados rank

21st

Japan rank

20th

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita over time

Barbados
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.925 against 0.918 in Barbados, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 21st and Japan ranks 20th of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Barbados
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Japan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 13,700 data points, 1946–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.