- Sep 11, 2013
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According to the U.N.'s Human Development Index, the independent Caribbean nation of Barbados has reached the highest category of the index. It is now in the "very high human development" and classed as a developed nation. Barbados is now the most developed nation in the western hemisphere outside of the United States and Canada; and the most developed nation in the Caribbean/Latin America:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
(Also note that The Bahamas is also another predominately black nation extremely close to being classified as a developed nation)
Here are some facts about Barbados:
Population: 289,000
Ethnic makeup: 93% black, 3% white, 3% multiracial, 1% South Asian
Life Expectancy: 75 years old
Literacy Rate: 99.7%
Official Language: English
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html
Yes, it's a small country but Barbados does really prove a lot. It shows that a black nation can succeed under black rule and shatters the failed ideology that blacks are inferior.
So what do you guys think that other similar countries can learn from Barbados?
This winter, I will be visiting Barbados on my way to Trinidad and can't wait!!
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
(Also note that The Bahamas is also another predominately black nation extremely close to being classified as a developed nation)
Here are some facts about Barbados:
Population: 289,000
Ethnic makeup: 93% black, 3% white, 3% multiracial, 1% South Asian
Life Expectancy: 75 years old
Literacy Rate: 99.7%
Official Language: English
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html
Yes, it's a small country but Barbados does really prove a lot. It shows that a black nation can succeed under black rule and shatters the failed ideology that blacks are inferior.
So what do you guys think that other similar countries can learn from Barbados?
This winter, I will be visiting Barbados on my way to Trinidad and can't wait!!