Is the local economy stable?
Gross Domestic Product in Barbados is composed by 6% from the agriculture sector, 16% from industry, and 78% services, as of 2000. The labor force in 2001 was about 128,500 people occupied in agriculture (10%), industry (15%), and services (75%). The unemployment rate was 10.7% as of 2003, the inflation rate remains in -0.5% and it was estimated that there were no people below the poverty line. Agriculture products consist of sugarcane, vegetables and cotton.
