Formal Name:Barbados

Capital: Bridgetown
Head of Government:Prime Minister Freundel STUART
Languages: English and Bajan
Population:288,725 (2013 est.)
Surface area: 431km2
Currency: Barbadian dollar (BBD)
GDP:US$4.533 billion (2012 est.)
GDP per capital: US$25,500 (2012 est.)

Inflation:6.1% (2012 est.)
Value of exports: US$491.1 million (2012 est.)

Main export commodities: manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components
Largest companies: Barbados National Bank, Barrick International Bank Corp, Caribbean Development Bank, Central Bank of Barbados, Continental Bank Corp, Glenhuron Bank, Keywest Swiss Investment Bank Inc, Louis d'Or Investment Bank Ltd, Mutual Bank of the Caribbean Inc, Ocean Commercial Bank Inc,
Top business school: The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Poverty (% living on <US $2/DAY):
Literacy rate: 99.7%
Human development index (2013 est.):0.825
Energy consumption (Quadrillion Btu):0.019

Energy production (Quadrillion Btu): 0.003
Energy sources: hard coal, lignite/brown coal, peat, crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas.

(Source: CIA, The World Factbook)