Bahamas vs Barbados: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Bahamas
4,751 SDR per person
in 2025
Barbados
4,325 SDR per person
in 2024
Bahamas rank
22nd
Barbados rank
24th
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Bahamas
- Barbados
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 4,751 SDR per person against 4,325 SDR per person in Barbados, a difference of 426 SDR per person.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 22nd and Barbados ranks 24th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Barbados in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 203.76 SDR per person | 56.22 SDR per person | 147.54 SDR per person | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 177.46 SDR per person | 100.84 SDR per person | 76.63 SDR per person | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 453.27 SDR per person | 399.03 SDR per person | 54.24 SDR per person | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 491.14 SDR per person | 575.52 SDR per person | 84.38 SDR per person | Barbados |
| 2000s | 992.19 SDR per person | 1,708 SDR per person | 716.24 SDR per person | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1,784 SDR per person | 1,373 SDR per person | 411.16 SDR per person | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 4,198 SDR per person | 3,827 SDR per person | 370.32 SDR per person | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Bahamas or Barbados?
- Bahamas, at 4,751 SDR per person against 4,325 SDR per person in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Bahamas and Barbados?
- 426 SDR per person, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Barbados rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Bahamas ranks 22nd and Barbados ranks 24th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.