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Government debt in Barbados

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Barbados's government debt is 94.20 % — #107 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

94.20%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Barbados over time

134.60 %90.80 %47.00 %134.60 % · 201747.00 % · 19991994: 51.40 %1995: 52.00 %1996: 52.30 %1997: 52.00 %1998: 47.20 %1999: 47.00 %2000: 53.60 %2001: 59.00 %2002: 62.00 %2003: 61.80 %2004: 61.00 %2005: 62.70 %2006: 64.10 %2007: 64.90 %2008: 69.80 %2009: 83.50 %2010: 90.30 %2011: 94.40 %2012: 103.50 %2013: 111.70 %2014: 115.10 %2015: 122.50 %2016: 127.10 %2017: 134.60 %2018: 107.20 %2019: 101.60 %2020: 129.60 %2021: 108.60 %2022: 104.00 %2023: 104.10 %2024: 98.90 %2025: 94.20 %19942009202594.20 %
32 official observations, 1994 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#107 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
14 %
17 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 4.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
40.40 pp
peak 134.60 % in 2017
Full series
▲ 42.80 pp
since 1994

In Americas: #23 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +39.65 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Barbados: ahead of 14 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBarbados 94.20 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Barbados is ahead of 14 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Barbados
105 Portugal89.90 %−4.30 pp
106 Brazil93.30 %−0.90 pp
107 Barbados94.20 %—
108 China99.20 %+5.00 pp
109 Spain100.40 %+6.20 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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