Barbados vs Zimbabwe: Share of the population that is female
Barbados
52.1%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
52.3%
in 2025
Barbados rank
28th
Zimbabwe rank
26th
Share of the population that is female over time
- Barbados
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 52.3% against 52.1% in Barbados, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 28th and Zimbabwe ranks 26th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.7% | 50.7% | 1.0% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 51.0% | 51.4% | 0.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 51.2% | 51.2% | 0.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 51.8% | 52.1% | 0.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 52.0% | 52.6% | 0.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 52.1% | 52.7% | 0.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 52.0% | 52.4% | 0.4% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population that is female, Barbados or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 52.3% against 52.1% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of the population that is female between Barbados and Zimbabwe?
- 0.2%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Zimbabwe?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Zimbabwe rank globally for share of the population that is female?
- Barbados ranks 28th and Zimbabwe ranks 26th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population that is female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.