Barbados.
Member of NAM, OAS.
Population
282K
GDP (nominal)
$5.6B
GDP / capita
$20,000
Capital
Bridgetown
Government
Parliamentary republic
Power & politics
Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.
Democracy index
7.6 / 10
UN voting record
How Barbados votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.
Ideological trajectory
Voting summary
No votes recorded for this period yet.
Bloc alignment
Bloc alignment data not available yet.
Top voting partners
Topic-level voting
Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.
Foreign policy
Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.
Foreign Policy
Barbados punches far above its weight in international diplomacy, driven by the Bridgetown Initiative and PM Mottley's global advocacy. Its foreign policy centres on climate justice, reform of the international financial architecture, debt sustainability, and SIDS interests.
Barbados is a leading member of CARICOM and maintains strong ties with the US, UK, Canada, and increasingly with African states as part of a broader South-South agenda. Its transition to a republic signalled greater diplomatic independence.
Treaties & memberships
UN multilateral treaty positions and IGO memberships.
International Organizations
Society & economy
Macro-economic snapshot and demographic context.
GDP (nominal)
$5.6B
GDP per capita
$20,000
Currency
Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
HDI
0.79
Top trading partners
In the news
Stories surfacing across Barbados’s authoritative outlets. Grouped by topic, ranked by source coverage.