Intensive Margin, Theil index in Barbados
Barbados: Intensive Margin, Theil index was 2.44 in 2014. βΌ Falling
Intensive Margin, Theil index in Barbados, 1962β2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 2.44 for intensive margin, theil index in 2014.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, intensive margin, theil index in Barbados peaked at 3.31 in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1.9, in 2001.
Barbados ranks 129th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.66 | 2.2 | 3.07 | 8 |
| 1970s | 2.15 | 2.02 | 2.39 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.57 | 2.04 | 3.31 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.14 | 1.95 | 2.34 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.21 | 1.9 | 2.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 2.33 | 2.52 | 5 |
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More trade data for Barbados
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 116.96 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 101.56 (2025)
- 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)
- Extensive Margin, Theil index 0.7512 (2014)
- Export Diversification, Theil index 3.19 (2014)
- Total current account debit/expenditure, Debit/Expenditure 2.65 billion (2017)
- Goods, Debit/Expenditure 1.53 billion (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is intensive margin, theil index in Barbados?
- Intensive margin, theil index in Barbados was 2.44 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 in 1984.
- What is the lowest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9 in 2001.
- How does Barbados rank for intensive margin, theil index?
- Barbados ranks 129th out of 189 countries with data for 2014.
- Is intensive margin, theil index rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Intensive Margin, Theil index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.