Country profile
Barbados
Americas · Capital: Bridgetown · Currency: Barbadian dollar (BBD)
Barbados is a country in Americas, with its capital at Bridgetown. It has a GDP of $7.6B (2024), a population of 282,623 (2025), a GDP per capita of $26,897.
- GDP
- $7.6B
- GDP per capita
- $26,897
- Population
- 282,623
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $25,894
2024 · #158 of 200
2024 · #53 of 200
2025 · #179 of 216
2025 · #78 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $7.6B2024 · #158
- GDP per capita
- $26,8972024 · #53
- GDP growth
- 3.37%2024 · #102
- Inflation
- 1.45%2024 · #35
- Unemployment
- 6.52%2025 · #118
- Population
- 282,6232025 · #179
- GDP (PPP)
- $7.32B2025 · #160
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $25,8942025 · #78
- Gini index
- 34.12016 · #74
- Government debt
- 89.5%2026 · #159
People
- Median age
- 41.4 yrs2024 · #50
- Fertility rate
- 1.7 children/woman2024 · #127
- Urbanization
- 59.7%2025 · #126
- Net migration
- −87/yr2025 · #91
- Life expectancy
- 76.3 yrs2024 · #95
- HDI
- 0.8112023 · #69
- Homicide rate
- 7.4 per 100k2023 · #133
Money
- Corporate tax
- 1.0-5.5%2024 · #204
- Top income tax
- 38%2024 · #51
Figures
- Internet users
- 70.4%2024 · #119
- CO₂ per capita
- 2.5 t2024 · #104
- Area
- 430 km²#207
- Population density
- 657 /km²2025 · #13
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 12026 · #62
- Passport power
- 163 destinations2026 · #51
- Corruption index
- 68/1002024 · #23
- Renewable energy
- 5.5%2021 · #164