Barbados vs Samoa: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square

Barbados
38,406 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre
in 2010
Samoa
47,355 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
21st
Samoa rank
18th

Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square over time

  • Barbados
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 47,355 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre against 38,406 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre in Barbados, a difference of 8,949 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 21st and Samoa ranks 18th of 168 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 20,784 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 1,873 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 18,911 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1970s 26,641 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 12,251 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 14,390 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 25,197 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 18,551 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 6,647 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 21,734 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 17,943 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 3,790 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 19,628 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 17,444 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 2,184 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 38,406 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 33,467 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre 4,939 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square, Barbados or Samoa?
Samoa, at 47,355 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre against 38,406 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square between Barbados and Samoa?
8,949 constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Samoa?
45 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2010.
How do Barbados and Samoa rank globally for foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square?
Barbados ranks 21st and Samoa ranks 18th of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per square kilometre
Unit
constant 2024 US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
168 places, 8,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.