Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Barbados
Barbados: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of was 0.693 units per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Barbados, 1994–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Barbados stood at 0.693 units per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.0% on the previous year and up 373.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Barbados peaked at 0.693 units per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0116 units per square kilometre, in 1994.
That places Barbados 24th out of 196 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Barbados, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2000 | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.014 units per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.014 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0233 units per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0651 units per square kilometre | +250.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0907 units per square kilometre | +39.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0767 units per square kilometre | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0651 units per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0674 units per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0977 units per square kilometre | +44.8% |
| 2012 | 0.1163 units per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1465 units per square kilometre | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1907 units per square kilometre | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2209 units per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3349 units per square kilometre | +51.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4 units per square kilometre | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4907 units per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5651 units per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5349 units per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6163 units per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5372 units per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 0.693 units per square kilometre | +29.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.693 units per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0017 units per square kilometre, 398.7× the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.693 units per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0446 units per square kilometre, 15.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +250.0% | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 0.0651 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0398 units per square kilometre | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 0.0907 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.263 units per square kilometre | 0.0674 units per square kilometre | 0.5651 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5953 units per square kilometre | 0.5349 units per square kilometre | 0.693 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 21 Iraq 0.7579 units per square kilometre compare
- 22 Honduras 0.754 units per square kilometre compare
- 23 Lebanon 0.7226 units per square kilometre compare
- 25 Armenia 0.5345 units per square kilometre compare
- 26 Macau, China 0.4545 units per square kilometre compare
- 27 Nigeria 0.4505 units per square kilometre compare
More social development data for Barbados
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 577 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 577 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Barbados?
- Refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Barbados was 0.693 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.693 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0116 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Barbados rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- Barbados ranks 24th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 373.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.