Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Barbados
Barbados: Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum was 0.5 in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Barbados, 1967–2022
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.5 for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of down 85.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Barbados peaked at 13.25 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 2019.
Barbados ranks 77th of 89 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5.35 | — |
| 1968 | 5.83 | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 6.12 | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 7.01 | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 7.17 | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 5.95 | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 6.57 | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 8.96 | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 5.67 | -36.8% |
| 1976 | 4.43 | -21.8% |
| 1977 | 4.63 | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 4.8 | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 4.88 | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 5.63 | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 9.49 | +68.5% |
| 1982 | 13.25 | +39.6% |
| 1983 | 7.45 | -43.8% |
| 1984 | 6.92 | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 5.53 | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 4.42 | -20.2% |
| 1987 | 4.84 | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 4.75 | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 4.9 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 7.07 | +44.2% |
| 1991 | 9.34 | +32.2% |
| 1992 | 10.88 | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 5.44 | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 7.26 | +33.6% |
| 1995 | 8.01 | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 6.85 | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 3.61 | -47.4% |
| 1998 | 5.61 | +55.6% |
| 1999 | 5.83 | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 5.29 | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 3.14 | -40.7% |
| 2002 | 2.1 | -33.2% |
| 2003 | 1.41 | -32.7% |
| 2004 | 1.2 | -14.6% |
| 2005 | 4.62 | +284.0% |
| 2006 | 5.96 | +28.9% |
| 2007 | 5.65 | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 4.2 | -25.7% |
| 2009 | 3.76 | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 3.3 | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 3.41 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 3.5 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.2 | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 2.82 | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.31 | +17.2% |
| 2017 | 3.3 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 3.13 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5 | -84.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.77 | 5.35 | 6.12 | 3 |
| 1970s | 6.01 | 4.43 | 8.96 | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.72 | 4.42 | 13.25 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.99 | 3.61 | 10.88 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.73 | 1.2 | 5.96 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.99 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 |
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More financial sector data for Barbados
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -25.37 % change on previous year (2017)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2017)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1608 SDR per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 4,325 SDR per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 5.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 4,489 SDR per person (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 5.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 4,489 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Barbados?
- Government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Barbados was 0.5 in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 13.25 in 1982.
- What is the lowest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 2019.
- How does Barbados rank for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum?
- Barbados ranks 77th out of 89 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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