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Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	12.43	Per 1000 Inhabitants	160	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	8.39	Per 1000 Inhabitants	94	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	12.09	Per 1000 Live Births	138	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	74.14	Years	100	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	-0.30	Per 1000 Inhabitants	101	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	0.37	Percent	165	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	1.68	Born per Woman	169	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	1003	Gigawatt hour	146	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	29.170	1 Mil. Cubic metre	110	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	29.17	1 Mil. Cubic metre	87	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	-2.80	Percent	158	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	18500	Dollar	64	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	5051	Million dollar	159	Estimation		GDP
Industrial production growth rate	Economic property	-3.20	Percent	93	Estimation		Industrial production growth rate
Inflation rate	Economic property	5.50	Percent	149	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	9	1000 Barrel per day	150	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	1.1	1000 Barrel per day	104	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	10.70	Percent	119	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	430	Square kilometer	200			Area
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate	Health property	1.20	Percent	49			HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
HIV/AIDS - deaths	Health property	100		152			HIV/AIDS - deaths
People living with HIV/AIDS	Health property	2200		137			People living with HIV/AIDS
Population size	Population property	285653		180			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States	to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU
Alliance of Small Island States	to call attention to threats of sea-level rise and coral bleaching to small islands and lowlying coastal developing states from global warming;to emphasize the importance of information and information technology in the process of achieving sustainable development
Commonwealth	to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire
Caribbean Community and Common Market	to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries
Caribbean Development Bank	to promote economic development and cooperation
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Group of 77	to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership
Inter-American Development Bank	to promote economic and social development in Latin America
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Criminal Court	to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct;to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards;to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Development Association	to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Finance Corporation	to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Labor Organization	to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency
International Monetary Fund	to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Criminal Police Organization	to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
International Organization for Standardization	to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
International Trade Union Confederation	to promote the trade union movement
Latin American Economic System	to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency
Nonaligned Movement	to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs
Organization of American States	to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean	to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Customs Organization	to promote international cooperation in customs matters
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Trade Organization	to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers

Names

Barbados : Name

Description

The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.

Government type

parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm

Religions

Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%), Roman Catholic 4.2%, other Christian 7%, other 4.8%, none or unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)

Natural Resources

petroleum, fish, natural gas

Export commodities

manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components

Barbados