% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist
7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%; none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9%
(1980)

_#_Language: English

_#_Literacy: 99% (male 99%, female 99%) age 15 and over having ever
attended school (1970)

_#_Labor force: 112,300; services and government 37%; commerce 22%;
manufacturing and construction 22%; transportation, storage,
communications, and financial institutions 9%; agriculture 8%; utilities
2% (1985 est.)

_#_Organized labor: 32% of labor force

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: parliamentary democracy

_#_Capital: Bridgetown

_#_Administrative divisions: 11 parishes; Christ Church, Saint Andrew,
Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy,
Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas; note--there may
be a new city of Bridgetown

_#_Independence: 30 November 1966 (from UK)

_#_Constitution: 30 November 1966

_#_Legal system: English common law; no judicial review of
legislative acts

_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 30 November (1966)

_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper
house or Senate and a lower house or House of Assembly

_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Sir Hugh SPRINGER (since 24 February
1984);

Head of Government--Prime Minister Lloyd Erskine SANDIFORD (since
2 June 1987)

_#_Political parties and leaders:
Democratic Labor Party (DLP), Erskine SANDIFORD;
Barbados Labor Party (BLP), Henry FORDE;
National Democratic Party (NDP), Richie HAYNES

_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18

_#_Elections:

House of Assembly--last held 22 January 1991 (next to be held by
January 1996);
results--DLP 49.8%;
seats--(28 total) DLP 18, BLP 10

_#_Communists: negligible

_#_Other political or pressure groups: Industrial and General Workers
Union, Sir Frank WALCOTT; People's Progressive Movement, Eric SEALY;
Workers' Party of Barbados, Dr. George BELLE

_#_Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB,
IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

_#_Diplomatic representa