Barbados
- Region
- Americas · Caribbean
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Population
- 282,623 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic; a Commonwealth realm
- Currency
- Barbadian dollar (BBD)
- Official languages
- English
- Spoken languages
- English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 430 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- CARICOM, IMF, WCO, WTO
Political stability
88 / 100
Economic stability
64 / 100
Population stability
69 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- liquor, refined petroleum, packaged medicine, margarine, baked goods (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, crude petroleum, cars, plastic products, ships (2023)
- Natural resources
- petroleum, fish, natural gas
- Primary route
- U.S. Gulf and East Coast services, with Caribbean transshipment hubs (Kingston, Caucedo, Freeport)
- Secondary route
- Panama Canal connections to Asia-Pacific markets
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.