🇧🇧 Barbados
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Bridgetown
Money6.0 / 10
Safety3.8 / 10
Health6.4 / 10
Quality of life4.3 / 10
Passport7.6 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money6.0 / 10
Average net salary$1,48165 of 150Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$25,89489 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$27,08053 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth2.7 %127 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation0.85 %34 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment6.5 %119 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)34.172 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2016
Central government debt125 % GDP63 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2016
Reserves$2B132 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2024
◈Safety3.8 / 10
Crime44.773 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k7.4124 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.4 / 10
Life expectancy76.3 yr96 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10009.178 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,28655 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending5.4 % GDP121 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10003.063 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10006.414 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life4.3 / 10
Internet users70.4 %132 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending3.6 % GDP121 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Urban population59.7 %126 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price per m² in city centre$3,50097 of 153Numbeo
Price per m², outside centre$3,500126 of 150Numbeo
Basic utilities, 85 m²$171111 of 148Numbeo
Mortgage rate, 20-year fixed8.4 %22 of 39Numbeo
◍Prices
Fast-food combo meal$10110 of 149Numbeo
Dinner for two, mid-range$100138 of 149Numbeo
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Eggs, dozen$5.53138 of 148Numbeo
Loaf of bread, 500 g$2.88128 of 150Numbeo
Milk, 1 L$3.67147 of 152Numbeo
Chicken fillets, 1 kg$10.4118 of 148Numbeo
Cappuccino$4.95137 of 149Numbeo
Domestic draft beer, 0.5 L$2.563 of 147Numbeo
Monthly transit pass$13.54 of 149Numbeo
Taxi, 1 km$333 of 39Numbeo
Gasoline, 1 L$2.0336 of 39Numbeo
Internet per month$77.8631 of 39Numbeo
Gym membership$76.5137 of 153Numbeo
Cinema ticket$10106 of 149Numbeo
⇄Trade
Foreign direct investment$303,060,010131 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism966,000 ppl99 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2019
☗People and environment
Population282,623179 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth0.06 %167 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.7127 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100115107 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2022
Access to electricity100 %17 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.5 t100 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy5.5 %166 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2022
▤Passport7.6 / 10
No visa needed in advance144 of 19849 of 199
Visa free106 of 198
Visa on arrival31 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)7 of 198
E-visa30 of 198
Visa required24 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence5 years5 лет прожить.
- 5 лет прожить.
- Год до подачи не выезжать.
- Двойное гражданство разрешено с 1966 года.
Sources
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источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023