Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$620 million (2007) country comparison to the world: 135 $620 million (2007)

Debt - external:

$668 million (2003) country comparison to the world: 159

Exchange rates:

Barbadian dollars (BBD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004), 2 (2003)

Communications ::Barbados

Telephones - main lines in use:

150,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 132

Telephones - mobile cellular: