Official Title: Barbados General Information
Capital: Bridgetown
Population: 276,000
Total Area: 431 km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 1.64 Bd$ Barbados Dollar (BBD)
National Holiday: 30 November (1966, Independence Day)
Language(s): English Political Information
Type of State:
Constitutional monarchy Type of Government:
Bicameral parliament: A Senate of 21 appointed members and a House of Assembly of 30 members directly elected for a five years term. Head of State:
(Queen Elizabeth II) Gov. Gen. Sir Cifford Husbands Head of Government:
Prime Minister/finances Owen S. Arthur Ministers:
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Affairs & Development: Mia Mottley Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade: Dame Billie Miller Main Political Parties:
Government: Barbados Labour Party (BLP): 24 Opposition: Democratic Labour Party (DLP): 6 Elections:
Last: 21 May 2003. Next: By September 2008. Economic Information
Please note that economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and yearly averages for 2005. If blank, statistic unavailable. | | Barbados | Canada |
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| GDP: | 3.71 billions | 1371.4 billions | | GDP per capita: | 13434 | 42460 | | GDP growth rate: | 3.9% | 2.9% | | Inflation: | 6% | 2.2% | | Unemployment: | % | 6.7% |
Trade and InvestmentCanadian exports from country: $61,311,754
Canadian imports from country: $7,367,353
FDI in Canada: 584 million
CDI in Barbados: 34726 million Representation
Foreign Representation in Canada:
High-Commissioner Glyne S. Murray Foreign Consulates in Canada:
Halifax (NS) Montreal (QC) Toronto (ON) Edmonton (AB) Vancouver (BC)
Canadian Representation Abroad:
High Commissioner Michael Welsh Canadian Consulates Abroad:
January 2007
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, EIU, Election World
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