Barbados HIGH-INCOME NON-OECD Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
0.3 0.1 593.5 0.2 — 40.3 0.4 — — — — 38.0
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 105,200 Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 41.0% Top destination countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Netherlands Antilles, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Australia, Guyana, Germany
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 63.5% Emigration of physicians: 6 or 1.9% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 28.1 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 10.9% Females as percentage of immigrants: 60.7% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.0% Top source countries: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, the United Kingdom, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica
Remittances 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
131
131
135
139
141
168
149
161
97 34 —
100 31 —
103 32 —
106 32 —
90 51 —
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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
22
18
43
33
54
54
—
—
16 6 —
16 3 —
37 7 —
28 5 —
49 5 —
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US$ millions
a. For comparison: total international reserves US$0.7 bn, exports of goods and services US$2.2 bn in 2008.
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