Barbados vs Equatorial Guinea: Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita
Barbados
1.74 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Equatorial Guinea
1.83 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Barbados rank
20th
Equatorial Guinea rank
17th
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita over time
- Barbados
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.83 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 1.74 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Barbados, a difference of 0.09 kilowatt-hours per dollar.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 20th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 163 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.3999 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.8 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.3482 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.46 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Barbados |
| 2000s | 2.09 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.9861 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.05 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.15 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.8977 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Barbados |
| 2020s | 1.8 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.72 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.0795 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher energy intensity vs. gdp per capita, Barbados or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 1.83 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 1.74 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Barbados as of 2022.
- What is the difference in energy intensity vs. gdp per capita between Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.09 kilowatt-hours per dollar, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for energy intensity vs. gdp per capita?
- Barbados ranks 20th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.