🇧🇧 Barbados Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇧 Barbados BB / BRB #182

Nomad Score 59.0

Cities 6

Region Caribbean Community, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Digital Nomad Islands, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Developing Countries

Currency BBD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 68/100

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.797

HDI 0.811

Regional Blocs CARICOM

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 7.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 8.2/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Barbados	Jeffrey Bostic
Prime Minister of Barbados	Mia Mottley

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 68 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.797

Liberal 0.679

Participatory 0.347

Deliberative 0.712

Egalitarian 0.676

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

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