Barbados

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Key facts

  • currency: Barbados dollar
  • capital city: Bridgetown
  • region: Caribbean
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 430 km²
  • population: 282,336 people
  • political leader: Mia Mottley (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [13°16′N, -59°53′W]

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Summary

Barbados is a country. The capital city is Bridgetown, located in the Caribbean region of Americas. It has a land area of 430 km², a population of 282,336 people and uses the currency Barbados dollar. The Prime Minister is Mia Mottley.

Environment

Barbados is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Caribbean and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 100.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Fertility rate: 1.63 births per woman
  • Forest area: 63 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 0.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 34.90
  • Methane emissions: 0.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.04 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 146,972 people
  • Male population: 135,364 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 5.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 248.53 km²
  • Rural population: 193,612 people
  • Urban land area: 187.59 km²
  • Urban population: 88,724 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.85 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Barbados by population

Cities in Barbados

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Evolution of historical forest area in Barbados

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Barbados

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Barbados

Evolution of historical land area in Barbados

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Evolution of historical methane emissions in Barbados

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Barbados

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Geographical distribution of sites in Barbados by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Barbados

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Evolution of historical population in Barbados

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Evolution of historical female population in Barbados

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Barbados

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Evolution of historical urban population in Barbados

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Barbados

Relationship between population and date in Barbados

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Barbados

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Barbados

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Barbados

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Barbados

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Barbados

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Barbados

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Barbados

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Barbados

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Barbados

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Barbados

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Barbados

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Sites in Barbados

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Barbados

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Barbados

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Barbados

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Barbados

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Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Barbados

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Barbados

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Barbados

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Barbados

Proportion of transboundary sites in Barbados

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Barbados by mean width

Wildfires in Barbados

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Barbados

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Business

  • Central government debt: 133.20 % of GDP
  • Expense: 30.65 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 6,720,733,200.00 current US$
  • Inflation: 9.79 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 20.46 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 24.91 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 7.95 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 19.96 % of total employment

Shops in Barbados

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Companies from Barbados

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Distribution of companies founded in Barbados by year

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Evolution of historical central government debt in Barbados

Evolution of historical expense in Barbados

Evolution of historical GDP in Barbados

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Barbados

Evolution of historical inflation in Barbados

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Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Barbados

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Barbados

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Exchanges in Barbados

Proportion of shops per country in Barbados

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 1,000 people
  • Democracy score: 0.00
  • Democracy type: Unknown
  • Individuals using the internet: 76.21 % of population
  • Net migration: -80 people
  • Press freedom: 0.00
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.67 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Barbados

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Barbados

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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Barbados

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Barbados

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Barbados

Evolution of historical net migration in Barbados

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Barbados

Political parties in Barbados

Distribution of politicians from Barbados by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Barbados

Politicians from Barbados

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Health

  • Birth rate: 10.78 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.11 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 1,400.44 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 8.09 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.21 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 5.66 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 78
  • Suicide mortality rate: 0.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Barbados

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Barbados

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Evolution of historical death rate in Barbados

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Barbados

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Barbados

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Barbados

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Barbados

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Barbados

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Barbados

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Barbados

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Barbados

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Barbados

Diseases in Barbados

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Barbados

Proportion of diseases in Barbados by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Barbados by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Barbados

Evolution of historical deaths in Barbados

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Barbados by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Barbados

Athletes from Barbados

Proportion of competitions per city in Barbados

Competitions in Barbados

Proportion of competitions per country in Barbados

Distribution of competitions in Barbados by start date

Proportion of medals won by Barbados in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Barbados

Distribution of artists from Barbados by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Barbados

Geographical distribution of museums in Barbados by visitors

Museums in Barbados

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Barbados by total students

Distribution of universities in Barbados per foundation year

Universities in Barbados

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In literature

There are 108 books written about Barbados in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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