Barbados vs French Polynesia

Barbados and French Polynesia compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Barbados and French Polynesia have about the same number of people: 282,623 and 282,465 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Barbados ($28,365 in 2025) is 26% higher than in French Polynesia ($22,440 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Barbados (2.7% in 2025) than in French Polynesia (1.1% in 2024), a difference of 1.6 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in French Polynesia (11.7%) than in Barbados (6.5%), a difference of 5.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in French Polynesia can expect to live 7.9 years longer than one born in Barbados: 84.2 years against 76.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Barbados is older: half of its people are over 38.9 years, against 34.8 years in French Polynesia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in French Polynesia (72.7% in 2017) than in Barbados (70.4% in 2024), a difference of 2.3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in French Polynesia (3.5 tonnes) are 40% higher than in Barbados (2.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in French Polynesia (42.4%) than in Barbados (14.6%), a difference of 27.8 percentage points in 2024.