Gender in Barbados 229 indicators covering gender for Barbados. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 46.7 2030 down 8.2% 182nd Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.6214 % change on previous year 2030 up 23.0% 98th Population 235.79 2030 up 2.2% 181st Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 235.79 2030 up 2.2% 181st Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.0373 % change on previous year 2030 down 90.5% 157th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1,526 2025 down 5.0% 183rd Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1,574 2025 down 5.2% 183rd Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1,531 2025 down 5.2% 183rd Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1,581 2025 down 5.3% 183rd Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1,539 2025 down 5.4% 183rd Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 1,590 2025 down 5.4% 183rd Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 1,546 2025 down 6.2% 183rd Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 1,597 2025 down 6.3% 183rd Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 1,549 2025 down 8.0% 183rd Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 1,600 2025 down 8.2% 183rd Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 1,557 2025 down 10.7% 183rd Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 1,609 2025 down 11.2% 183rd Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 35.91 2027 up 6.1% 118th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.895 2025 up 1.7% 32nd Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.824 2025 down 5.4% 47th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.903 2025 up 5.9% 10th Women's Political Participation Index 0.992 2025 up 5.9% 38th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.895 2025 up 1.7% 32nd Key features of women's political empowerment 0.895 2025 up 1.7% 32nd Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.0% 69th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.895 2025 up 1.7% 32nd Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 — 1st Prevalence of obesity, female 50.0% 2024 up 20.2% 17th Prevalence of obesity, male 28.0% 2024 up 27.3% 45th Life expectancy at age 60, female 22.69 years 2024 up 1.6% 95th Life expectancy at age 60, male 15.98 years 2024 down 17.9% 174th Share of women who are obese 50.0% 2024 up 20.2% 20th Share of women who are overweight or obese 76.9% 2024 up 8.2% 21st Share of overweight men vs. women 59.0% 2024 up 6.8% 86th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 87.1% 2024 up 1.1% 96th Share of women who are married or in a union 2.3% 2021 down 3.9% 166th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.1% 146th Population, annual growth rate 0.0464 % change on previous year 2024 down 81.1% 156th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.7% 17th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 231.03 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 4.7% 59th Women, Business and the Law Index 80 index (0–100) 2023 up 13.3% 99th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 162nd Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 11.1% 137th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 656.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% 6th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 2.6% 55th Labor force, female 75,303 2025 up 2.4% 174th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2664 units per person 2025 up 1.1% 13th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 down 0.0% 108th Page 1 of 4 Next →