Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 110V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Barbados
- +1.246
What every visitor should know about Barbados:
- Money
- The currency is the Barbadian dollar (BBD). 1 BBD is worth about US$0.50, or €0.35.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Barbados facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 284,589
- Language
- English
- Ethnicity
- Black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
Economy
- GDP
- US$20,200 (per capita)