Liquid liabilities to GDP in Barbados
Barbados: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 114.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Barbados, 1966–2019
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid liabilities to gdp in Barbados is 114.2%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Barbados peaked at 121.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 34.9%, in 1976.
Barbados ranks 35th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.5% | 47.1% | 60.5% | 4 |
| 1970s | 46.2% | 34.9% | 60.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.1% | 37.8% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.9% | 50.4% | 62.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 101.7% | 65.3% | 121.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 111.7% | 103.8% | 115.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 32 Aruba 118.0% compare
- 33 Cape Verde 118.0% compare
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 114.5% compare
- 36 New Zealand 111.8% compare
- 37 Austria 111.7% compare
- 38 Germany 111.0% compare
More financial sector data for Barbados
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 59.6% (2023)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.26 (2017)
- Net domestic credit 12.13 billion current LCU (2023)
- Net foreign assets 2.26 billion current LCU (2023)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 59.7% (2023)
- Broad money 97.5% (2023)
- Claims on central government, etc. 21.0% (2023)
- Domestic credit to private sector 59.7% (2023)
- Official exchange rate 2 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -87 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Barbados?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Barbados was 114.2% in 2019, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 121.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.9% in 1976.
- How does Barbados rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Barbados ranks 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 52 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.