Women high blood pressure in Barbados
Barbados: Women high blood pressure was 43.3 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Women high blood pressure in Barbados, 1990–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for women high blood pressure in Barbados is 43.3, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women high blood pressure in Barbados peaked at 43.3 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.2, in 1990.
Barbados ranks 32nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Women high blood pressure in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 37.2 | — |
| 1991 | 37.4 | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 37.5 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 37.6 | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 37.7 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 37.8 | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 38 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 38.1 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 38.3 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 38.5 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 38.7 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 39 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 39.3 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 39.6 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 40 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 40.3 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 40.7 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 41.1 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 41.4 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 41.8 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 42 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 42.3 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 42.5 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 42.6 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 42.7 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 42.8 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 42.9 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 43.1 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.2 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 43.3 | +0.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 43.3 is above the median for high income countries, which is 33.55, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 43.3 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 41, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.81 | 37.2 | 38.5 | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.19 | 38.7 | 41.8 | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.74 | 42 | 43.3 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 29 Bahamas 43.6 compare
- 30 Sudan 43.5 compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 43.4 compare
- 32 Suriname 43.3 compare
- 34 Antigua and Barbuda 43.2 compare
- 34 Kyrgyzstan 43.2 compare
- 34 Puerto Rico 43.2 compare
More gender data for Barbados
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 46.7 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.6214 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 235.79 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 235.79 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.0373 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1,526 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1,574 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1,531 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1,581 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1,539 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women high blood pressure in Barbados?
- Women high blood pressure in Barbados was 43.3 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest women high blood pressure recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3 in 2019.
- What is the lowest women high blood pressure recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.2 in 1990.
- How does Barbados rank for women high blood pressure?
- Barbados ranks 32nd out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
- Is women high blood pressure rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Women high blood pressure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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