Barbados vs Burundi: Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
Barbados
28.0%
in 2023
Burundi
27.9%
in 2023
Barbados rank
24th
Burundi rank
26th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty over time
- Barbados
- Burundi
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 28.0% against 27.9% in Burundi, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 24th and Burundi ranks 26th of 184 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Burundi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.7% | 3.3% | 5.4% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 10.6% | 7.5% | 3.1% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 10.5% | 7.6% | 2.9% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 10.8% | 3.7% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 19.4% | 19.0% | 0.4% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 20.8% | 1.1% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 28.5% | 27.1% | 1.4% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of government consumption in gdp vs. share of population living in extreme poverty, Barbados or Burundi?
- Barbados, at 28.0% against 27.9% in Burundi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of government consumption in gdp vs. share of population living in extreme poverty between Barbados and Burundi?
- 0.1%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Burundi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Burundi rank globally for share of government consumption in gdp vs. share of population living in extreme poverty?
- Barbados ranks 24th and Burundi ranks 26th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Government consumption divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.