Tax revenue in Barbados
Central government tax revenue in Barbados was equal to 23.4% of GDP in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest since 2009.
The latest value for Barbados is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Barbados, 2016
23.4%
Change from 2015
+2.4percentage points
World, 2016
13.9%
Tax revenue in Barbados over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Barbados | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | – | 13.9% |
| 2022 | – | 14.5% |
| 2021 | – | 14.3% |
| 2020 | – | 13.7% |
| 2019 | – | 13.8% |
| 2018 | – | 13.9% |
| 2017 | – | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 23.4% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 19.1% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 20.6% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 21.7% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 20.6% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 24.7% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 25.4% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 25.3% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 26.7% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 25.8% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 25.2% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | – | 14.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4 percentage points from 21.0% in 2015.
- Since 2006, when it was 25.3%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 13.9%.