Barbados vs Kuwait: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP
Barbados
0.1608 SDR per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Kuwait
0.1649 SDR per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Barbados rank
58th
Kuwait rank
55th
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.1649 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.1608 SDR per US$ of GDP in Barbados, a difference of 0.0041 SDR per US$ of GDP.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 58th and Kuwait ranks 55th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Kuwait in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0981 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0236 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0745 SDR per US$ of GDP | Barbados |
| 1970s | 0.073 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0627 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0104 SDR per US$ of GDP | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.0733 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1476 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0743 SDR per US$ of GDP | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.0659 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1117 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0459 SDR per US$ of GDP | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.1242 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1097 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0145 SDR per US$ of GDP | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.067 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1435 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0766 SDR per US$ of GDP | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.1644 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.2058 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0415 SDR per US$ of GDP | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp, Barbados or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 0.1649 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.1608 SDR per US$ of GDP in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp between Barbados and Kuwait?
- 0.0041 SDR per US$ of GDP, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Kuwait?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Kuwait rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 58th and Kuwait ranks 55th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP. 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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.