Key Facts
- GDP (ppp) per CAPITA
- $19,100 (2008 est.)
- Inflation Rate
- 5.5% (2007 est.)
- Population
- 284,589 (July 2009 est.)
- Country Risk Ratings
- -
- Ease of Doing Business
- -/181
- Global Competitiveness
- 47/134
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Barbados : Introduction
The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
Capital City:
Bridgetown (-4 GMT)
Currency:
Barbadian dollar (BBD)
(convert)
Languages:
English
Calling Code:
1-246
Voltage:
115
Religions:
Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%), Roman Catholic 4.2%, other Christian 7%, other 4.8%, none or unspecified 20.6%
quick links
Barbados: Country Commercial GuideBarbados: BBC Country Profile
Barbados: MSU Global Access
- Barbados: Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a private sector organisation which represents the interests of its members and of the business community in general. The site provides links to company directories, yellow pages, business materials and others.
Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (May 2009)
