Barbados — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Barbados, 1967–2025.
Inflation for Barbados was 0.85% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1967 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 38.92% in 1974. The lowest was -1.27% in 1998 (about -1.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.48% per year.
Barbados ranks 157 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Barbados sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 98% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 176%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 27 of 33 economies; St. Vincent and the Grenadines (0.82%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2334% in 1995. That is 55% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1967 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 33rd of 87 in 1967 → 17th of 92 in 1970 → 51st of 106 in 1980 → 107th of 131 in 1990 → 106th of 163 in 2000 → 53rd of 186 in 2010 → 140th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.85% | -0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 1.45% | -1.7 pp |
| 2023 | 3.19% | +1.5 pp |
| 2019 | 1.68% | -1.4 pp |
| 2018 | 3.11% | -1.6 pp |
| 2017 | 4.66% | +3.4 pp |
| 2016 | 1.28% | +2.4 pp |
| 2015 | -1.11% | -2.9 pp |
| 2014 | 1.77% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 1.81% | -2.7 pp |
| 2012 | 4.53% | -4.9 pp |
| 2011 | 9.43% | +3.6 pp |
| 2010 | 5.82% | +2.2 pp |
| 2009 | 3.64% | -4.5 pp |
| 2008 | 8.11% | +4.1 pp |
| 2007 | 4.03% | -3.3 pp |
| 2006 | 7.31% | +1.2 pp |
| 2005 | 6.08% | +4.7 pp |
| 2004 | 1.39% | -0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 1.62% | +1.5 pp |
| 2002 | 0.13% | -2.5 pp |
| 2001 | 2.58% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 2.44% | +0.9 pp |
| 1999 | 1.56% | +2.8 pp |
| 1998 | -1.27% | -9.0 pp |
| 1997 | 7.71% | +5.3 pp |
| 1996 | 2.39% | +0.5 pp |
| 1995 | 1.88% | +1.8 pp |
| 1994 | 0.08% | -1.0 pp |
| 1993 | 1.11% | -5.0 pp |
| 1992 | 6.09% | -0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 6.26% | +3.2 pp |
| 1990 | 3.07% | -3.1 pp |
| 1989 | 6.19% | +1.3 pp |
| 1988 | 4.86% | +1.5 pp |
| 1987 | 3.31% | +2.0 pp |
| 1986 | 1.33% | -2.6 pp |
| 1985 | 3.92% | -0.8 pp |
| 1984 | 4.69% | -0.5 pp |
| 1983 | 5.23% | -5.1 pp |
| 1982 | 10.33% | -4.2 pp |
| 1981 | 14.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 1980 | 14.43% | +1.3 pp |
| 1979 | 13.17% | +3.7 pp |
| 1978 | 9.48% | +1.1 pp |
| 1977 | 8.35% | +3.4 pp |
| 1976 | 4.99% | -15.3 pp |
| 1975 | 20.29% | -18.6 pp |
| 1974 | 38.92% | +22.1 pp |
| 1973 | 16.86% | +5.0 pp |
| 1972 | 11.88% | +4.4 pp |
| 1971 | 7.47% | +0.2 pp |
| 1970 | 7.28% | +1.4 pp |
| 1969 | 5.84% | -1.7 pp |
| 1968 | 7.49% | +3.9 pp |
| 1967 | 3.63% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Barbados’s Inflation in 1968?
7.49% (1968). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Barbados’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -76.7% in total — about 2.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.85%; 2024: 1.45%; 2023: 3.19%; 2019: 1.68%; 2018: 3.11%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.