| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $4.355 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $15,700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 6%
industry: 16%
services: 78% (2000 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
128,500 (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 10%, industry 15%, services 75% (1996 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $847 million (including grants)
expenditures: $886 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) |
| Industries : |
tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-3.2% (2000 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
780 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
725.4 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sugarcane, vegetables, cotton |
| Exports : |
$206 million (2002) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 18.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.5%, UK 14%, Jamaica 7.8%, Saint Lucia 6.2%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.039 billion (2002) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 37.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 19.6%, UK 6.2%, Japan 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$668 million (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$9.1 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Barbadian dollar (BBD) |
| Currency Code : |
BBD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Barbadian dollars per US dollar - 2 (2003), 2 (2002), 2 (2001), 2 (2000), 2 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
