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Overcoming barriers:
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Human Development Report 2009

Barbados
HDI Rank - 37
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A. Human movement: snapshots and trends
International migrant stocks (thousands), 19609.8
International migrant stocks (thousands), 199021.4
International migrant stocks (thousands), 200526.2
International migrant stocks (thousands), 201028.1
Annual rate of growth in international migrant stocks (%), 1960-20052.2
International migrants as a percentage of total population, 19604.2
International migrants as a percentage of total population, 200510.4
Female share of international migrant stocks (%), 196059.8
Female share of international migrant stocks (%), 200560.1
Emigration rate (%), 2000-200229.8
International movement rate (%), 2000-200236.6
Internal migrant stocks (thousands), 1990-2005901
Life time internal migration rate (%), 1990-200531.11
B. International emigrants by area of residence
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Africa (%), 2000-20021.1
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Asia (%), 2000-20023.4
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Europe (%), 2000-200225.6
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Latin America and the Caribbean (%), 2000-20024.7
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Northern America (%), 2000-200264.9
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Oceania (%), 2000-20020.4
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in countries with very high levels of human development (%), 2000-200290.7
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in countries with high levels of human development (%), 2000-20025.0
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in countries with medium levels of human development (%), 2000-20023.7
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in countries with low levels of human development (%), 2000-20020.5
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Africa (%), 2000-20020.01
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Asia (%), 2000-20020.01
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Europe (%), 2000-20020.05
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean (%), 2000-20020.08
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Northern America (%), 2000-20020.17
Countries' shares of total stock of migrants in Oceania (%), 2000-20020.01
C. Education and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Stock of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries (thousands), 2000-200588.4
Percentage of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries with less than upper secondary education, 2000-200530.0
Percentage of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries with upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education, 2000-200540.2
Percentage of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries with tertiary education, 2000-200526.3
Tertiary emigration rate to OECD countries (%), 2000-200547.3
Labour force participation rate of international migrants in OECD countries (%), 2000-200566.0
Unemployment rate of international migrants in OECD countries (%), 2000-20056.3
Unemployment rate of international migrants in OECD countries with less than upper secondary education (%), 2000-20059.2
Unemployment rate of international migrants in OECD countries with upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education (%), 2000-20056.5
Unemployment rate of international migrants in OECD countries with tertiary education (%), 2000-20054.0
D. Conflict and insecurity induced movement
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 2007(.)
Refugees by country of origin as a percentage of international emigrants, 2007(.)
Refugees by country of origin as a percentage of world refugees, 2007(.)
People in refugee-like situations by country of origin (thousands), 20070
Asylum seekers by country of origin (thousands), 2007(.)
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2008..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 2007..
Refugees by country of asylum as a percentage of international immigrants, 2007..
Refugees by country of asylum as a percentage of world refugees, 2007..
People in refugee-like situations by country of asylum (thousands), 2007..
Asylum seekers by country of asylum (thousands), 2007..
E. International financial flows: remittances, official development assistance and foreign direct investment
Remittance inflows (US$ millions), 2007140
Remittance outflows (US$ millions), 200740
Remittance outflows per international migrant (US$), 20071,534
ODA per capita (US$), 200746
Remittance inflows per capita (US$), 2007476
Remittance inflows as a % of ODA, 20071,025.6
Remittance inflows as a % of GDP, 2007..
Ratio of remittance inflows to FDI, 2007..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Africa..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Asia..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Europe..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Latin America and the Caribbean..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Northern America..
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Oceania..
F. Selected conventions related to human rights and migration (by year of ratification)
Year of ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families , 2009..
Year of ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 200920012
Year of ratification of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 2009..
Year of ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 20091972
Year of ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 20091973
Year of ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 20091973
Year of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 20091980
Year of ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2009..
Year of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20091990
G. Human development index trends
Human development index trends, 1980..
Human development index trends, 1985..
Human development index trends, 1990..
Human development index trends, 1995..
Human development index trends, 2000..
Human development index trends, 20050.890
Human development index trends, 20060.891
Human development index trends, 20070.903
Revised HDI rank, 200639
Real change in ranks, 2006-20072
Long-term annual growth rate in HDI (%), 1980-2007..
Medium-term annual growth rate in HDI (%), 1990-2007..
Short-term annual growth rate in HDI (%), 2000-2007..
H. Human development index 2007 and its components
Human development index value, 20070.903
Life expectancy at birth (years), 200777.0
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above), 2007..34
Combined gross enrolment ratio in education (%), 200792.9
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200717,95656
Life expectancy index, 20070.867
Education index, 20070.975
GDP index, 20070.866
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank, 200711
I-1. Human and income poverty
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank, 20074
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%), 20072.6
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2005-20103.0
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and above), 1999-2007..78
Population not using an improved water source (%), 20060
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 2000-20066910
Population living below $1.25 a day (%), 2000-2007..
Population living below $2 a day (%), 2000-2007..
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 2000-2006..
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank..
I-2. Human and income poverty: OECD countries
Human poverty index (HPI-2) rank..
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort), 2005-20109.6
People lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65), 1994-2003..
Long-term unemployment rate (% of labour force), 2007..
Population living below 50% of median income (%), 2000-2005..
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank..
J. Gender-related development index and its components
GDI rank, 200730
GDI value, 20070.900
GDI value as a percentage of HDI value, 200799.7
Female life expectancy at birth (years), 200779.7
Male life expectancy at birth (years), 200774.0
Female adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above), 1997-2007..1112
Male adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above), 1997-2007..1112
Female combined gross enrolment ratio (%), 2007100.211
Male combined gross enrolment ratio (%), 200785.811
Female estimated earned income (PPP US$), 200714,7351314
Male estimated earned income (PPP US$), 200722,8301314
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 20074
K. Gender empowerment measure and its components
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank, 200737
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value, 20060.632
Seats in parliament (% held by women), 200814
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-200743
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1999-200752
Earned income (estimated), ratio of female to male , 20070.65
Year women received the right to vote1950
Year women received the right to stand for election1950
Year in which a woman became Speaker or Presiding Officer of parliament or of one of its houses for the first time, as of 2009..
Women in ministerial positions (% of positions), 200828
L. Demographic trends
Total population (millions), 19900.3
Total population (millions), 20070.3
Total population (millions), 20200.3
Annual rate of natural increase of the population (%), 1990-19950.6
Annual rate of natural increase of the population (%), 2005-20100.4
Net international migration rate (%), 1990-1995- 0.8
Net international migration rate (%), 2005-2010- 0.1
Urban share of the population (%), 199032.7
Urban share of the population (%), 199040.8
Child dependency ratio, 199036.4
Child dependency ratio, 201023.5
Old age dependency ratio, 199015.1
Old age dependency ratio, 201014.4
Total fertility rate (births per woman), 1990-19951.6
Total fertility rate (births per woman), 2005-20101.5
M. Economy and inequality
Total GDP (US$ billions), 20073.015
Total GDP (PPP US$ billions), 20075.015
GDP per capita (US$), 200710,42715
Annual growth rate of GDP per capita (%), 1990-2007..
GDP per capita (PPP US$), year of highest value, 1980-2007..
GDP per capita (PPP US$), year of highest value..
Average annual change in consumer price index (%), 1990-20072.5
Average annual change in consumer price index (%), 2006-20074.0
Income/expenditure share of the richest 10% of the population (%), 1992-2007..
Income/expenditure share of the richest 10% of the population (%), 1992-2007..
Ratio of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%, 1992-2007..
Gini index, 1992-2007..
N. Health and education
Government expenditure on health per capita (PPP US$), 2006722
Government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure11.9
Public current expenditure on primary education per pupil (PPP US$)..
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure, 2000-200716.4
Percentage of total aid allocated to social sectors (gross disbursements), 200794.8
Percentage of adults with low educational attainment levels (% aged 25 and above)75.7
Percentage of adults with medium educational attainment levels (% aged 25 and above)23.1
Percentage of adults with high educational attainment levels (% aged 25 and above)1.1
Under 5 mortality rate in the highest quintile of wealth (per 1,000 live births)..
Under 5 mortality rate in the highest quintile of wealth (per 1,000 live births)..
Under 5 mortality rate for children of mothers with at least secondary education (per 1,000 live births)..
Under 5 mortality rate for children of mothers with at least secondary education (per 1,000 live births)..
Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), 200769
Unhealthy life expectancy (%), 200710

Notes:
1 - Data are estimates based on censuses from ECLAC (2007). "Internal Migration and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Continuity, Changes and Policy Challenges." In Social Panorama of Latin America: 195-232. Santiago: United Nations. Internal migrants are expressed as a percentage of the total population.
2 - Signed not yet followed by ratification
3 - For the purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 99.0% was applied.
4 - In the absence of recent data, estimates for 2005 from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2003). Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: the Bahamas 95.8, Barbados 99.7, Djibouti 70.3, Fiji 94.4, the Gambia 42.5, Guyana 99.0 and Hong Kong, China (SAR) 94.6.
5 - Data refer to a year other than that specified.
6 - World Bank estimate based on regression.
7 - In the absence of recent data, estimates for 2005 from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2003). Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: Bahamas 4.2, Barbados 0.3, Djibouti 29.7, Fiji 5.6, Gambia 57.5, Guyana 1.0 and Hong Kong, China (SAR) 5.4.
8 - For the purposes of calculating the HPI-1 a value of 1% was assumed.
9 - UNICEF (2005b). The State of the World's Children 2006. New York: UNICEF.
10 - Data refer to an earlier year outside the range of years specified.
11 - For the purpose of calculating the GDI, the female and male values appearing in this table were scaled downward to reflect the maximum values for adult literacy (99%), gross enrolment ratios (100%), and GDP per capita (40,000 (PPP US$)). For more details, see http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/tn1.
12 - In the absence of recent data, estimates for 2005 from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2003). Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: the Bahamas 96.7 (for females) and 95.0 (for males), Barbados 99.8 and 99.7, Djibouti 61.4 and 79.9, Fiji 92.9 and 95.9, the Gambia 35.4 and 49.9, Guyana 98.7 and 99.2 and Hong Kong, China (SAR) 91.4 and 97.3.
13 - No wage data are available. For the purposes of calculating the estimated female and male earned income, a value of 0.75 was used for the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage.
14 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
15 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.

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