Barbados

The country calling code for Barbados is +1. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Barbados number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Barbados is assigned BB as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and BRB as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Barbados is .bb. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Barbados is the Barbadian dollar, with the ISO 4217 code BBD and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Barbados are quoted in BBD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Barbados is -04:00, currently UTC-04:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown. Barbados sits in Americas, specifically the Caribbean subregion. Its approximate centre point is 13.16666666, -59.53333333. Traffic in Barbados drives on the left. Languages recorded for Barbados: English.

No land borders are recorded for Barbados in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.