Country profile · Issue No. 01 · May 2026
Antigua and Barbuda.
ATGAntigua and Barbuda’s row in the Caribbean Debt Tracker. Five metrics, the stated fiscal anchor, current IMF engagement, and the primary sources behind every figure. Last verified 2026-05-02.
- Debt to GDP
- 68.0%
- Primary balance
- +4.0%
- Real GDP growth
- 2.8%
as of 2025
% of GDP
2026 projection
Fiscal anchor
ECCU regional benchmark: public debt to 60% of GDP by 2035.
IMF programme status
No active programme; Article IV surveillance
Notes
Debt-to-GDP peaked near 100% during the pandemic shock in 2020 and has fallen to an estimated 68% in 2025. The 2024 primary balance improved to 4.0% of GDP, up roughly 3½ percentage points from 2023, reflecting indirect-tax measures, recovery, and one-off asset-forfeiture receipts (~2% of GDP). Growth was 4.3% in 2024; 2026 projection is 2.8%.
All eleven economies
Read the full Tracker.
The same five metrics across the Caribbean Community, with the regional aggregate panel and the methodology. Refreshed against each new IMF World Economic Outlook release. Issue No. 02 follows the October 2026 (post the IMF WEO autumn release).