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Government debt in Barbados

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Barbados's government debt is 96.20 % — #106 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

96.20%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

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

The central government owes about 1.0 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: 96.20 %19942009202596.20 %
32 official observations, 1994 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#106 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
15 %
19 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
38.40 pp
peak 134.60 % in 2017
Full series
▲ 44.80 pp
since 1994

In Americas: #23 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +41.50 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Barbados: ahead of 15 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBarbados 96.20 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Barbados is ahead of 15 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Barbados
104 Mozambique90.30 %−5.90 pp
105 Brazil93.30 %−2.90 pp
106 Barbados96.20 %—
107 Malawi96.60 %+0.40 pp
108 Sri Lanka96.80 %+0.60 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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