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Barbados Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Barbados.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $7.16B $6.72B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 3.8% 4.09% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $20,474.64 $19,734.24 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $19,945.74 $19,224.46 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $5.78B $5.57B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate -0.46% 9.79% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 7.53% 7.88% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 59.73% 60.12% Yearly 2024
Unemployment Rate 7.1% 7.7% Quarterly Q3 2024
Annual Exports $494M $475.84M Yearly 2024
Annual Imports $2.16B $2.14B Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 3.35% 3.2% Yearly 2023
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) $15.07M $171.9M Yearly 2017
Tariff Rate 11.87% 9.53% Yearly 2022
Private Credit (% GDP) 64.2% 67.2% Yearly 2023
Homicide Rate 11.38 14.61 Yearly 2021
Population 282,467 282,336 Yearly 2024
Primary Enrollment Rate 93.45% 95.58% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 23.26% 23.26% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 1.19M tonnes 1.14M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 14.65% 14.65% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control 1.34 points 1.28 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 1.19 points 1.14 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 9.3 9.6 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 76.18 75.68 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 2.96 2.88 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 100% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 80% 79.4% Yearly 2023
Visitor Arrivals 966,000 1.36M Yearly 2019