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Barbados is an Island in the North Atlantic Ocean located northeast of Venezuela with a total population of approximately 294,560 inhabitants. The island covers an area of approximately 430 sq. km averaging some 685 persons per sq. km. Of the total land available 25% or 108 sq. km is arable. Almost 19.4% of the total land available or 83 sq. km is covered with forests. The island’s total GDP is valued at 4.99 billion. The services sector is the island’s largest GDP contributor accounting for 88.7% of total GDP or 4.33 billion. The services sector is followed by industry which accounts for 9.8% or 0.49 billion of total GDP and agriculture which accounts for 1.5% or 0.07 billion of total GDP. The nation’s total labor force is estimated at 144,000, with 10% or 14,400 persons, employed in the agricultural sector, while 15% or 21,600 are involved in industry, and 75% or 108,000, are employed in the services sector. The island’s industries include tourism, sugar, light manufa

Madagascar is an Island in the Indian Ocean located east of Mozambique with a total population of approximately 29,955,737 inhabitants. The island covers an area of approximately 587,041 sq. km of which almost 99% or 581,540 sq. km is land and 1% or 5501 sq. km is water, averaging some 52 persons per sq. km. Of the total land available 6% or 34,892 sq. km is arable. Almost 21.5% of the total land available or 123,286 sq. km is covered with forests. The services sector is the island’s largest GDP contributor accounting for 56.4% of total GDP or 6.49 billion. The island’s total GDP is valued at 11.5 billion. The services sector is followed by the agricultural sector which accounts for 24% or 2.76 billion of total GDP and industry which accounts for 19.5% or 2.24 billion of total GDP. The island’s industries include meat processing, seafood, soap, beer, leather, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plants, paper, petroleum, tourism and mining. The island’s ag