Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Barbados
Barbados: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.1087 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1087
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
149th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.3021
in 1950
All-time low
0.1087
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Barbados, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Barbados stood at 0.1087. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Barbados peaked at 0.3021 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1087, in 2023.
That places Barbados 149th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3021 | — |
| 1951 | 0.2915 | -3.5% |
| 1952 | 0.2811 | -3.5% |
| 1953 | 0.2706 | -3.8% |
| 1954 | 0.259 | -4.3% |
| 1955 | 0.2518 | -2.8% |
| 1956 | 0.2369 | -5.9% |
| 1957 | 0.2253 | -4.9% |
| 1958 | 0.2149 | -4.6% |
| 1959 | 0.205 | -4.6% |
| 1960 | 0.1964 | -4.2% |
| 1961 | 0.1905 | -3.0% |
| 1962 | 0.1836 | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1776 | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1734 | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1708 | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.167 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.1662 | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1639 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1618 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.1616 | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1594 | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1562 | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1561 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1533 | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1491 | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1465 | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1432 | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1411 | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.1392 | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1358 | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.132 | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.131 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.1296 | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1291 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.1284 | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.1278 | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1277 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1292 | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1305 | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.131 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.1313 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1318 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1313 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1325 | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1321 | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1317 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1331 | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1302 | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1295 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1287 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1269 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1257 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.1251 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1231 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.124 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1235 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1228 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1222 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1216 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1204 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1196 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1186 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1181 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1173 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1164 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1156 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1149 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.114 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1131 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1121 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1113 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1089 | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1087 | -0.1% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.1087 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0966, 1.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.1087 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1265, 86% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2538 | 0.205 | 0.3021 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1751 | 0.1618 | 0.1964 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1506 | 0.1392 | 0.1616 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1301 | 0.1277 | 0.1358 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1314 | 0.1295 | 0.1331 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1244 | 0.1216 | 0.1287 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1168 | 0.1131 | 0.1204 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1103 | 0.1087 | 0.1121 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More poverty & inequality data for Barbados
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,793 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.1287 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.16 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Barbados?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Barbados was 0.1087 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3021 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1087 in 2023.
- How does Barbados rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Barbados ranks 149th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.