DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014

DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014
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BARBADOS
Key Scores and Trends
Rank
Score
2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change
Overall 90/140 91/140 1 40/100 38/100 2
Depth 31/140 39/140 8 32/50 30/50 2
Breadth 122/140 124/140 2 8/50 8/50 0
Trade Pillar 125/140 125/140 0 30/100 29/100 1
BRB
Capital Pillar 44/60 49/60 5 41/100 37/100 4
Information Pillar 38/102 36/102 -2 63/100 63/100 0
People Pillar 42/109 41/109 -1 63/100 62/100 1
Connectedness Score Trend
45
40
35
30
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Rooted Map
Rooted Map:
Barbados’s Barbados’s Merchandise Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013
2
5
Top Export Destinations
8
1. Trin. & Tob. (22%)
2. U.S.A. (11%)
3. St. Lucia (10%)
4. St. Vincent (6%)
5. Jamaica (5%)
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7
4
1
6
3
BARBADOS
Barbados’s Share of Partners’ Imports
2% 1% 0.5% 0.1% 0.05% 0.01% unknown
10
6. Ant. & Barb. (5%)
7. St. Kitts & N. (5%)
8. Canada (4%)
9. Grenada (4%)
10. U.K. (3%)
Major Export Products
Manufactures, sugar and
molasses, rum, other
foods and beverages,
chemicals, electrical
components
Depth
Rank
Level
Outward Inward Outward Inward
Trade 71/140 –
Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 127/140 56/140 11% 41%
Services Trade (% of GDP) 9/140 36/140 28% 11%
Capital 24/94 –
FDI Stock (% of GDP) 33/131 13/140 24% 108%
FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 55/133 6/140 3% 80%
Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 26/84 53/86 47% 15%
Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) 48/91 70/90 1% 0%
Information 18/140 –
Internet Bandwidth
51/140 52,042
(Bits per Second per Internet User)
International Phone Calls
(Minutes per Capita)
Printed Publications Trade
(USD per Capita)
12/140 5/140 523 741
45/136 24/136 $6 $37
People 4/118 –
Migrants (% of Population) 6/139 36/140 35% 11%
Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) · 10/131 · 1.9
International Students (% of Tertiary
Education Enrollment)
24/128 9/112 10% 16%
Breadth
Rank
% Same Region
Outward Inward Outward Inward
Trade 130/140 –
Merchandise Trade 120/139 128/140 70% 48%
Capital 50/60 –
BRB
FDI Stock · · · ·
FDI Flows · · · ·
Portfolio Equity Stock 49/59 – 17% –
Information 70/102 –
45
International Phone Calls
40
Printed Publications Trade
71/100
110/136
31/91
81/136
59%
93%
41%
18%
35
30
People 2005 2006 2007 200893/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 2013
Migrants 77/139 · 6% ·
Tourists – 63/99 – 21%
International Students – 80/96 – 94%
Directionality
Overall
Depth
Breadth
-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100
Balance Inward Outward
Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of Connectedness
Structural Factors
General Policies / Environment
Rank Level
Rank Level
GDP per Capita (+) 46/140 $14,917 Operating Environment (+) · ·
Linguistic Commonality (+) 4/140 40% Infrastructure (+) · ·
Remoteness (-) 46/140 6.1 Press Freedom (+) · ·
Population (-) 140/140 0.3 Labor Freedom (+) 13/140 78
Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 39/140 60
Globalization Policies
Rank Level
Enabling Trade Index (+) · ·
Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 5/138 14.8
Capital Account Openness (+) 92/135 0.2
Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 46/139 138
Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 27/140 111
– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact