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

Barbados

0.918

in 2025

Malta

0.915

in 2025

Barbados rank

21st

Malta rank

24th

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita over time

Barbados
Malta

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.918 against 0.915 in Malta, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Malta ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 21st and Malta ranks 24th of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Barbados
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Malta
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.