Country comparison Norway vs Barbados 2017

Norway			Barbados
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	335,505M.€	4,145M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	370,449M.$	4,588M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	64,100€	14,542€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	70,450$	16,097$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	16,480€
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	86,654M.€
Debt [+]	2015	103,302 M.€	4,515 M.€	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	114,613 M.$	4,997 M.$	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	31.60%	107.89%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	19,812 €	15,841 €	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	23,468$	17,366$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	10,084 M.€	-287 M.€	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	11,162 M.$	-318 M.$	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	3.00%	-6.87%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	171,239.1	1,874.4	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	189,544.6	2,074.8	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2013	29,048.3	215.4	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2013	38,543.6	286.1	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2013	17.03%	14.16%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	29,863.3
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	1998	10,567.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	18.21%	10.92%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	5,432.2
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	5,998.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	3.88%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	51.10%	44.79%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	32,565€	6,577€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	36,047$	7,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	5,722€	772€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	7,563$	1,025$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	5,731€	557€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	1998	2,385$	740$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	1,038€
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	1,141$
Moody's Rating [+]	03/04/2016	Aaa	Caa3	03/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	07/09/1975	AAA	CCC+	03/03/2017	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	03/31/2017	AAA
Corruption Index [+]	2016	85	61	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	11º	55º	2015	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	20.8	49.3	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	66º
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	22º	37º	2015	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	June 2017	4.3%
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	4.4%	11.9%	2015Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	121 m.	17 m.	2015Q2	Unemployed [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	60,730€
Average Wage [+]	2015	68,434$
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	2º	77º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Norwegian krones [+]	09/22/2017	9.3193
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/22/2017	1.61%
Risk Premium [+]	09/22/2017	116
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/22/2017	13.07%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	December 2016	3.5%
HICP [+]	August 2017	1.3%
PPI Year on Year [+]	August 2017	1.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]	03/18/2016	0.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	6º	117º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	0.5%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2017	154,837
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2017	37.98
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	610.52	392.86	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	25.00%	17.50%	01/01/2011	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	46.9%	33.5%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	80,371.4 M.€	460.8 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	88,963.1 M.$	510.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	24.01%	11.12%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	65,349.0 M.€	1,490.7 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	72,334.8 M.$	1,650.0 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	19.53%	35.97%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	15,022.4 M.€	-1,029.9 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	16,628.3 M.$	-1,140.0 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	4.49%	-24.85%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	July 2017	2.4%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	14	663	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	5,258,317	284,996	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	741,813	34,475	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	609.8	108.3	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	14.23%	12.31%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	2,235.4	19.7	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	193,477	98,464	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	3.71%	35.17%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.949	0.795	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	14º
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	3º	28º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	2º
Birth Rate [+]	2016	11.20‰	12.01‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.72	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	7.80‰	10.65‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	82.40	75.66	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2015	4.50‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2015	1.90‰
Number of homicides [+]	2014	29	31	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	0.6	10.9	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2015	11.9%
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	8.27	5.00	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Norway

Capital: Oslo
Population: 5,258,317
Surface Area: 385,178 km2
Currency: Norwegian krones (1 EUR=9.3025 NOK)
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, EFTA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE

Barbados

Capital: Bridgetown
Population: 284,996
Surface Area: 430 km2
Currency: Barbadian dollars
Belongs to: ACP, CARICOM, IMF, OAS, UN