Country profile · Issue No. 01 · May 2026
Barbados.
BRBBarbados’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
- 102.5%
- Primary balance
- +4.4%
- Real GDP growth
- 2.1%
as of 2025
% of GDP
2026 projection
Fiscal anchor
Public debt to 60% of GDP by FY2035/36 (BERT 2026); primary surplus 4.4% of GDP through FY2027/28, tapering to 3.5% thereafter.
IMF programme status
EFF/RSF concluded June 2025; surveillance only
Notes
Headline debt-to-GDP figure (102.5%, 2025) is the gross public sector debt level reported in IMF Country Report 25/153 and used in BERT 2026; the IMF WEO April 2026 general government series shows 94.2% for the same year, the difference reflecting public-sector vs general-government coverage. Twenty consecutive quarters of growth as of Q1 2026 per the Central Bank of Barbados. Growth figure 2.1% is the IMF WEO April 2026 projection (vs CBoB January 2026 outlook of 2.5–3.0%).
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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).