Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Barbados
Barbados: Import unit values, Mean, US dollar was 1.02 in 2014. β² Rising
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Barbados, 1963β2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Barbados stood at 1.02.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Barbados peaked at 1.15 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.6662, in 1976.
That places Barbados 11th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9346 | 0.8264 | 1.04 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.7976 | 0.6662 | 0.9885 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9004 | 0.8097 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 | 0.8914 | 1.15 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 | 0.8925 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9713 | 0.8273 | 1.04 | 5 |
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.46 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 72.61 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.93 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 76.72 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 1.86 (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 9.20 million (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 133.41 million (2024)
- Trade balance in low carbon technology products, US dollar -124.21 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import unit values, mean, us dollar in Barbados?
- Import unit values, mean, us dollar in Barbados was 1.02 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 in 1997.
- What is the lowest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6662 in 1976.
- How does Barbados rank for import unit values, mean, us dollar?
- Barbados ranks 11th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import unit values, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.