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GDP growth in Barbados

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Barbados's gdp growth is 2.70 % — #70 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

2.70%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Barbados over time

15.95 %-0.73 %-17.41 %15.95 % · 2022-17.41 % · 20202000: 4.45 %2001: -2.37 %2002: 0.79 %2003: 2.18 %2004: 1.41 %2005: 3.96 %2006: 6.07 %2007: 2.08 %2008: 0.63 %2009: -5.02 %2010: -8.08 %2011: -0.07 %2012: -2.86 %2013: 0.20 %2014: 0.81 %2015: -0.77 %2016: 1.42 %2017: 0.65 %2018: -0.25 %2019: 0.24 %2020: -17.41 %2021: 8.02 %2022: 15.95 %2023: 1.81 %2024: 3.37 %2025: 2.70 %2000201220252.70 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#70 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
45 %
57 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.67 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
13.25 pp
peak 15.95 % in 2022
Full series
▼ 1.75 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #13 of 27vs median 2.90 %: −0.20 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Barbados: ahead of 45 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthBarbados 2.70 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Barbados is ahead of 45 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Barbados
68 Montenegro2.74 %+0.04 pp
69 Kuwait2.73 %+0.03 pp
70 Barbados2.70 %—
71 Colombia2.64 %−0.06 pp
72 Czech Republic2.58 %−0.12 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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