Country comparison Gabon vs Barbados 2018

Gabon			Barbados
Comptes nationaux - Government
Annual GDP [+]	2017	13,278M.€	4,249M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	15,000M.$	4,800M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	6,557€	14,871€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	7,407$	16,800$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
Debt [+]	2016	8,134	5,978	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	9,003	6,617	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	64.20%	137.03%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	4,108€	20,975€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	4,548$	23,217$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2016	-597	9	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2016	-661	10	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-4.71%	0.21%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	2,768.0	1,481.6	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	3,063.9	1,639.9	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	365.4	232.4	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	485.5	308.7	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	11.37%	14.16%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	7.38%	10.92%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	272.9
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	308.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2017	9.27%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	21.85%	33.96%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,398€	5,199€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,548$	5,754$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	195€	833€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	259$	1,106$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	172€	601€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	228$	798$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	135€
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	152$
			Caa3	03/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	04/01/2016	NR	SD	06/06/2018	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	10/05/2018	B
Corruption Index [+]	2017	32	68	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	103º	55º	2015	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	71.3	49.3	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2013	111º	37º	2015	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			11.9%	2015Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			17 m.	2015Q2	Unemployed [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	107º	61º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	167º	132º	2018	Doing Business [+]
			392.86	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
			17.50%	01/01/2011	Standard VAT [+]
			33.5%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	4,959.5 M.€	389.5 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	5,602.7 M.$	440.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2017	37.35%	9.17%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	2,000.1 M.€	1,500.4 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	2,259.5 M.$	1,695.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2017	15.06%	35.31%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	2,959.4 M.€	-1,110.9 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	3,343.2 M.$	-1,255.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2017	22.29%	-26.15%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2017	8	664	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2017	2,025,137	285,719	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	280,197	34,660	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
			108.3	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	13.84%	12.13%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	945.8	19.2	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	66,898	98,467	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	3.30%	34.46%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2017	0.702	0.800	2017	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	95º
			28º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	29.51‰	11.91‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	3.79	1.80	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	7.62‰	10.74‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	66.11	75.91	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	155	31	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	9.00	10.91	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	2.88	5.41	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Gabon

Capital: Libreville
Population: 2,025,137
Surface Area: 267,670 km2
Currency: Central African CFA francs
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: ACP, ECCAS, IMF, UN, OPEC, AU

Barbados

Capital: Bridgetown
Population: 285,719
Surface Area: 430 km2
Currency: Barbadian dollars
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: ACP, CARICOM, IMF, OAS, UN