Bahamas vs Barbados: Forcibly displaced people

Bahamas
10
in 2025
Barbados
13
in 2025
Bahamas rank
171st
Barbados rank
168th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
01020304050201020172025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 13 against 10 in Bahamas, a difference of 3.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.3 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 171st and Barbados ranks 168th of 180 countries.

Bahamas has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Barbados Difference Ahead
2010s 30.5 7.5 23 Bahamas
2020s 24.4 11.2 13.2 Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forcibly displaced people, Bahamas or Barbados?
Barbados, at 13 against 10 in Bahamas as of 2025.
What is the difference in forcibly displaced people between Bahamas and Barbados?
3, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?
7 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2025.
How do Bahamas and Barbados rank globally for forcibly displaced people?
Bahamas ranks 171st and Barbados ranks 168th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.