Barbados

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Barbados
Misc
Country CodeBB
Geography
Area (sq km)430
Coastline (km)97
Highest Point (m)336 (Mount Hillaby)
Average Elevation (m)
People
Population293,131
Median Age38.90
Growth Rate0.26 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)11.60
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)8.60
Urban Population31.10 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)27.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)10.00
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)7.50 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.49
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)5.80
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)23.10 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)4.70 %
School life (years)15
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)29.60 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)5.218 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)-0.20 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)18,600
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)7.20 %

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