Barbados vs Pre-demographic dividend: Claims on central government, etc.
Claims on central government, etc. over time
- Barbados
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 21.0% against 8.3% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 12.7%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 2.5 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
Barbados ranks 45th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 45th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Pre-demographic dividend in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -3.3% | 2.8% | 6.0% | Pre-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 4.3% | 2.1% | Pre-demographic dividend |
| 1980s | 6.2% | 8.8% | 2.6% | Pre-demographic dividend |
| 1990s | 12.3% | 7.1% | 5.2% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 12.1% | 0.1% | 12.0% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 25.6% | 3.0% | 22.6% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 20.6% | 8.6% | 12.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Barbados or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Barbados, at 21.0% against 8.3% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2023.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Barbados and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 12.7%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Barbados ranks 45th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 45th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.