Barbados vs China: Sovereign state

Barbados
1
in 2025
China
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
China rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Barbados
  • China
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in China, a difference of 0.

Across all 210 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados China Difference Ahead
1810s 0 1 1 China
1820s 0 1 1 China
1830s 0 1 1 China
1840s 0 1 1 China
1850s 0 1 1 China
1860s 0 1 1 China
1870s 0 1 1 China
1880s 0 1 1 China
1890s 0 1 1 China
1900s 0 1 1 China
1910s 0 1 1 China
1920s 0 1 1 China
1930s 0 1 1 China
1940s 0 1 1 China
1950s 0 1 1 China
1960s 0.4 1 0.6 China
1970s 1 1 0
1980s 1 1 0
1990s 1 1 0
2000s 1 1 0
2010s 1 1 0
2020s 1 1 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sovereign state, Barbados or China?
Barbados, at 1 against 1 in China as of 2025.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Barbados and China?
0, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and China?
210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
How do Barbados and China rank globally for sovereign state?
Barbados ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Sovereign state. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,740 data points, 1816–2025
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Gleditsch and Ward dataset.