Culture of Barbados

People in Barbados speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Barbados is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Barbados is 0.0926. The followers of Christianity are the religious majority in the country. 44.4% of Barbados's population live in cities. This percentage comprises the urban population of Barbados. The rate of urbanization in Barbados is considered to be 1.5. According to data on inbound tourists in Barbados, 509,000 tourists arrive in the country each year.

National anthem

The national anthem of Barbados is called 'National Anthem of Barbados'. It was adopted in 1966. The lyrics have been written by Irving Burgie and the music has been composed by C. Van Roland Edwards.

Fast food

Around 35% of the population of Barbados are obese.

Alcohol consumption

Each year, the people of Barbados consume 0.5 litre of alcohol per capita, and this volume consists of 39.7% beer, 10.2% wine, 49.3% distilled spirits, 0.8% other alcohol.

National dish

One of the most popular national dishes of Barbados is cou-cou. Other national dishes include flying fish.