Current account balance in Barbados

The current account balance of Barbados was -5.1% of GDP in 2017.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1967 to 2017 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Barbados is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Barbados, 2017 -5.1% % of GDP
Change from 2016 +2.9percentage points 2016: -8.0%

Current account balance in Barbados over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2017
Period Barbados
2017 -5.1%
2016 -8.0%
2015 -1.7%
2014 -11.4%
2013 -4.5%
2012 -8.2%
2011 -3.1%
2010 -5.0%
2009 -8.5%
2008 -9.0%
2007 -7.4%
2006 -10.5%
2005 -13.0%
2004 -12.7%
2003 -5.9%
2002 -4.7%
2001 -3.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from -8.0% in 2016.
  • Since 2007, when it was -7.4%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1967 to 2017 for Barbados
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics