government: parliamentary republic; a Commonwealth realm

state of civil and political rights: Free

constitution: 30 November 1966; amended several times, last in 2021 (established Barbados as a republic and revoked the earlier Order in Council)

legal system: English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

legislative system: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Assembly

judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the High Court with 8 justices) and the Court of Appeal (consists of the High Court chief justice and president of the court and 4 justices; Magistrates' Courts

religion: Protestant 66.4% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant 0.9%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.)

death row: 11 (as of end 2014, according to Amnesty International)

year of last executions: 0-0-1984

death sentences: 0

executions: 0