Barbados
- Official Name:
- Barbados
- Area:
- 431 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 280.946 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 97 km
- Capital:
- Bridgetown
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Bridgetown
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: ND
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: ND
- Political divisions:
- 11 parishes and 1 city; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas
- Language(s):
- English
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 30 November (1966)
- Nationality:
- Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
- Official time:
- GMT -4
- Member of:
- ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .bb
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Barbadian dollar (BBD) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 18.400 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 3.142.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 3,5% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2000 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 6%
- Industry: 16%
- Services:78%
- Labor force:
- 128.500 (2001 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1996):
-
- Agriculture 10%
- Industry 15%
- Other services 75%,
- Unemployment rate:
- 10,7%(2003 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- -0,5% (2003 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- ND
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD847.000.000
- Expenditures: USD$886.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- ND
- Exports:
- USD 209.000.000 (2004 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components
- Exports - Partners:
- US 18,6%, Trinidad and Tobago 15%, UK 12,1%, Saint Lucia 8,4%, Jamaica 7,9%, Grenada 4,6%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,6% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 1.476.000.000 (2004 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
- Imports - partners:
- US 37,2%, Trinidad and Tobago 22,1%, UK 5,5%, Japan 5,2% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- ND
- Debt - external:
- USD 668.000.000 (2003 est.)
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