Social Development in Barbados 135 indicators covering social development for Barbados. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0026 units per person 2025 up 2,869.7% 31st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 2,038.9% 89th Political Rights Score 37 2025 down 7.5% 34th Freedom Score 94 2025 down 4.1% 22nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 8 2025 up 60.0% 154th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 58.9% 127th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 19.8% 146th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 16.45 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.0% 19th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.0% 81st Equal Rights Protection Index 0.755 2025 up 4.4% 50th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.938 2025 down 0.4% 38th Political Corruption Index 0.073 2025 down 34.2% 153rd Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.073 2025 down 34.2% 153rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.3 2024 up 34.8% 16th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.593 units per square kilometre 2023 up 400.0% 20th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0233 units per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% 76th LGBT+ Rights Index -0.4992 2019 unchanged 157th Forcibly displaced people 13 2025 up 160.0% 168th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 65 years 2025 up 18.2% 24th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 68 2024 down 8.1% 23rd Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.07 2024 up 8.3% 41st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.44 2024 up 9.4% 25th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5734 2024 down 7.3% 97th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0599 2024 up 4.6% 13th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 41.0% 2024 up 10.8% 86th Homicide rate 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 13.9% 45th Homicides 21 homicides 2023 down 12.5% 134th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 13.9% 45th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 13.9% 45th Age of electoral democracy 66 years 2025 up 17.9% 22nd States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Homicides 1 deaths 2013 down 95.8% 112th Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2013 down 100.0% 95th Homicide rate 0.3517 deaths per 100,000 people 2013 down 96.0% 101st Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.3517 deaths per 100,000 people 2013 down 96.0% 101st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 36.01 deaths 2021 up 8.3% 153rd Homicide rate 12.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 6.1% 30th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 12.69 2021 up 5.2% 30th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.51 2030 up 23.9% 28th Age of full democracy 60 years 2025 up 20.0% 25th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 26.0% 2020 up 3.3% 132nd Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 46.3% 2020 up 2.5% 122nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 47.4% 2020 down 1.2% 60th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 53.7% 2020 down 2.0% 65th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 20.4% 2020 up 1.4% 26th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 27.9% 2020 up 0.8% 53rd Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 33.25 2020 up 1.5% 40th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →