International Rankings of Barbados 2013, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,524	167	2012
Internet users	188,000	143	2008
Telephones - main lines in use	140,700	137	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	347,900	171	2011
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,500,000,000	155	2012 est.
Budget revenues	$1,300,000,000	156	2012 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-4.40	142	2012 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	7	48	31 Dec 2010 est.
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)	8.70	109	31 Dec 2011 est.
Current account balance	-$344,900,000	90	2012 est.
Debt - external	$4,490,000,000	123	2010 est.
Exports	$491,100,000	173	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture(%)	3.10	156	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - industry(%)	13.60	197	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - services(%)	83.30	15	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$4,533,000,000	160	2012 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$25,500	55	2012 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$7,091,000,000	158	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate(%)	0.70	174	2012 est.
Imports	$1,633,000,000	169	2012 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices)(%)	6.10	66	2012 est.
Labor force	145,000	177	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture(%)	10.00	128	1996 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry(%)	15.00	126	1996 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services(%)	75.00	26	1996 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 4,366,000,000	83	31 Dec 2010
Public debt(% of GPD)	83.10	24	2012 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$855,300,000	139	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 5,711,000,000	124	31 Dec 2011 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$5,650,000,000	115	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of money	$1,637,000,000	97	31 Dec 2008
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,987,000,000	126	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of quasi money	$3,701,000,000	92	31 Dec 2008
Taxes and other revenues	28.7	109	2012 est.
Unemployment rate(%)	11.20	81	2011 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1,570,000	153	2010 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	203	2009 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	205	2009 est.
Crude Oil - production	1,000	98	2011 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	2,260,000	99	1 Jan 2012 est.
Electricity - consumption per capita (kWh)*	3,319.05	73	2009 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	955,000,000	152	2009 est.
Electricity - exports(kWh)	0	205	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	100.0	42	2009 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	0.0	207	2009 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	195	2009 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	209	2009 est.
Electricity - imports(kWh)	0	212	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	239,100	154	2009 est.
Electricity - production(kWh)	1,037,000,000	148	2010 est.
Natural gas - consumption(cu m)	29,170,000	113	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports(cu m)	0	202	2010 est.
Natural gas - imports(cu m)	0	207	2010 est.
Natural gas - production(cu m)	29,170,000	88	2010 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)	113,300,000	103	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	8,339	159	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	204	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	7,686	138	2008 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	212	2008 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	97	175	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point(m)	336	207	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point(m)	0	208	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	333	86	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.09	153	2000
Irrigated land(sq km)	50	145	2003
Land Area - sq km	430.00	200	NA
Land use - arable land(%)	37.21	14	2005
Land use - other(%)	60.46	217	2005
Land use - permanent crops(%)	2.33	82	2005
Population density - Persons per sq km*	669.15	17	Jul 2012 est.
Total Area - sq km	430.00	202	NA
Total renewable water resources(cu km)	0.10	167	2003
Water Area - sq km	0	242	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	73,835	155	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	73,820	174	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	58,016	179	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	58,125	180	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	1,849	183	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	1,842	184	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.80	149	2009
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	26,990	188	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	26,989	188	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years(%)	18.80	168	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years	13.9	173	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	19,893	185	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	20,104	185	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years	45.9	29	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	66,455	180	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	65,517	180	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years	11.5	62	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	17,715	170	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	15,310	173	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	17,474	170	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	11,286	174	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over(%)	10.00	76	2012 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	12.23	163	2012 est.
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.39	86	Jul 2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.70	19	2009
Health expenditures	6.80	87	2009
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)	1.40	37	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	100	152	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	2,100	134	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	7.60	11	2008
Infant mortality rate - female(deaths/1,000 live births)	10.27	134	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - male(deaths/1,000 live births)	12.98	135	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - total(deaths/1,000 live births)	11.63	134	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female(years)	76.82	115	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male(years)	72.25	102	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total(years)	74.52	103	2012 est.
Literacy - female(%)	99.70	16	2002 est.
Literacy - male(%)	99.70	23	2002 est.
Literacy - total(%)	99.70	18	2002 est.
Maternal mortality rate	51.00	107	2010
Median age - female(years)	38.00	61	2012 est.
Median age - male(years)	35.80	61	2012 est.
Median age - total(years)	36.90	61	2012 est.
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.30	130	2012 est.
Physicians density	1.81	71	2005
Population	287,733	180	Jul 2012 est.
Population growth rate(%)	0.35	163	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	100	31	2009 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	100	40	2009 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	100	43	2009 est.
School life expectancy - female (years)	14	75	2001
School life expectancy - male (years)	13	94	2001
School life expectancy - total (years)	13	97	2001
Sex ratio - 65 years and over(male(s)/female)	0.65	204	2011 est
Sex ratio - at birth(male(s)/female)	1.01	227	2011 est
Sex ratio - total population(male(s)/female)	0.94	199	2011 est
Sex ratio - under 15 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	222	2011 est
Sex ratio 15-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	170	2011 est
Suffrage	18.00	203	NA
Total fertility rate(children born/woman)	1.68	172	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	29	26	2003
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	24	25	2003
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	26	23	2003
Urbanization - rate of urbanization(%)	1.7	111	2010
Urbanization - urban population(%)	44	153	2010
Transportation
Airports	1	236	2012
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	233	2012
Merchant marine(ships)	109	49	2010
Pipelines(km)	99	114	NA
Roadways(km)	1,600	176	2004

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