STATISTICS

BarbadosRegion CaribbeanCurrency Barbados Dollar (BBD)Surface area (square kilometres) 430Population in 2012 (estimated, 000) 283Population density in 2012 (per square kilometre) 658.7Capital city and population in 2011 (000) Bridgetown (122)United Nations membership date 9 December 1966Economic indicators 2005 2010 2012GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 3 908 4 245 4 533GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 4.0 0.2 0.7GDP per capita (current US$) 14 285.7 15 139.7 16 004.3GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 13 583.0 13 969.7 14 739.2Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 18.9 14.0 16.3Exchange rates (national currency per US$) a 2.00 2.00 2.00Balance of payments, current account (million US$) –466 –218 ...CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) 113 149 170Industrial production index (2005=100) b 100 88 81Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 106 92 97Food production index (2004-2006=100) 106 92 97Unemployment (% of labour force) 9.1 10.8 11.6Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) 17.3 cd 19.6 ef 19.4 eEmployment in agricultural sector (% of employed) 3.3 cd 2.8 ef 2.8 eLabour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 65.0 65.9 65.9Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 76.4 76.7 76.7Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 548 532 536Energy production, primary (000 mt oil equivalent) 90 60 ...Mobile-cellular subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 76.2 128.1 126.4 gIndividuals using the Internet (%) g 52.5 68.1 73.3Total trade Major trading partners 2012(million US$) (% of exports) (% of imports)Exports 566.4 United States 26.3 United States 31.0ImportsBalance1 767.8–1 201.4Areas nesTrinidad and Tobago24.1 h11.5Trinidad and TobagoSuriname28.96.2Social indicatorsPopulation growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 0.5Urban population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 1.4Rural population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 –0.7Urban population (%) 2013 45.4Population aged 0-14 years (%) 2013 18.9Population aged 60+ years (females and males, % of total) 2013 18.0/14.3Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 2013 99.6Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years) 2010-2015 77.7/72.9Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 2010-2015 10.1Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 2010-2015 1.9Contraceptive prevalence (ages 15-49, %) i 2006-2012 55.0 jInternational migrant stock (000 and % of total population) mid-2013 32.3/11.3Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR mid-2013 2Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP) 2006-2012 7.5Education: Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio (f/m per 100) k 2006-2012 107.5/102.7Education: Female third-level students (% of total) 2006-2012 69.1Intentional homicides (females and males, per 100 000) 2008-2010 7.3/15.5Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2014 16.7Environmental indicatorsThreatened species 2013 44Forested area (% of land area) 2011 19.4CO 2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2010 1 502/5.5Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2010 1 655.0a Official rate. b The indices are shown in terms of ISIC Rev.3. c 2004. d The indices are shown in termsof ISIC Rev.2. e Average of quarterly estimates. f Break in series; data not strictly comparable. g ITUestimate. h See technical notes. i Age group 15 to 44 years. j 1988. k National estimate.World Statistics Pocketbook 19