Income inequality: Atkinson index in Barbados
Barbados: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4898 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Barbados, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Barbados stood at 0.4898. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Barbados peaked at 0.4898 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.4898, in 2010.
That places Barbados 14th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4898 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4898 | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.4898 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1703, 2.9× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.4898 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4898 | 0.4898 | 0.4898 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4898 | 0.4898 | 0.4898 | 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 income inequality: atkinson index in Barbados?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Barbados was 0.4898 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4898 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4898 in 2010.
- How does Barbados rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Barbados ranks 14th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.