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% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.5 is below the median for high income countries, which is 2, 25% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.5 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.18, 16% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +284.0% | 1.2 | 4.62 |
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 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More financial sector data for Barbados
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 61.36 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 44.81 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 61.36 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.