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Key facts

  • Currency: Barbados dollar
  • Capital city: Bridgetown
  • Region: Caribbean
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 430 km²
  • Population: 281,635
  • Political Leader: Mia Mottley (Prime Minister)

Latest news

'Barbados on less than PS40 a night': Tui's reimbursement limit for stranded passengers

Read: Independent

2024-03-08

Tui passengers sleep at Barbados airport after vehicle strikes plane

Read: Independent

2024-03-08

I holidayed in one of Barbados' quietest regions and didn't see another tourist for days

Read: Express

2024-02-13

EAST Barbados review: Luxury villas promise 'the other side of Barbados' loved by locals

Read: Express

2024-02-10

Tragic story of Barbados 'ghost ship' found with bodies of 11 unknown passengers & note which revealed their grisly fate

Read: The SUN

2024-02-07

Spotlight: American-Barbadian Artist Bhare Plumbs Personal Experiences and Blockchain Potentialities in a New Solo Show

Read: Art Net

2024-01-25

Eleven rushed to hospital after flight from Barbados to Manchester makes emergency landing in Bermuda

Read: Independent

2023-12-28

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 146.61 % of GDP
Expense 33.73 % of GDP
GDP 5,699,950,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.10 annual %
Self-employed 20.46 % of total employment
Tax revenue 27.42 % of GDP
Unemployment 8.50 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 19.96 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 100.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,096.07 kt
Fertility rate 1.63 births per woman
Forest area 63 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -101.45 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 35.20 years
Methane emissions 2,359.57 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 38.48 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 146,550
Male Population 135,084
Renewable energy consumption 4.68 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 248.53 km²
Rural population 193,416
Urban land area 187.59 km²
Urban population 88,219
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.85 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.83 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.01 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 1,199.71 current US$
Health expenditure 7.20 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 5.97 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 78 years
Suicide mortality rate 0.60 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 85.82 % of population
Net migration -80
Press freedom 0.00


Politics

Armed forces personnel 1,000
Democracy score 0.00
Democracy type Unknown
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 26.67 %


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Coordinates: [13°16′N, -59°53′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 21 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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