Its economy is fundamentally based on agriculture and counts on fertile and well-cultivated soils.
Sugar and molasses, rum, foodstuffs, liquors, chemicals, electric components and fabrics
Birth rate: 23.0. Mortality rate: 10.8. Child mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): 22,2. Life expectancy: 72 years.
Fishing has become an economic key player. Tourism-related infrastructures began developing since the late 1960s and now take in more hard currency than sugar byproducts.Gross national product back in 1990 reached $1.68 billion as a result of a $6,540 per-capita ratio.Industry has likewise developed in making components and items for export.
Its major economic activities hinge on the production of sugar, liquors, molasses, margarine, pork fat, fruits and seafood.
The island nation is outfitted with a top-rated road mesh; 1,475km of such roads are paved. The international airport is in Seawell, in southern Barbados. Bridgetown’s artificial seaport was officially opened in 1961.
