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Barbados: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

-296.40Mcurrent USD · 2017+14.7% since 2007

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Barbados from 1967 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2017-296,395,806.963
2016-452,390,305.209
2015-98,732,451.681
2014-645,562,541.154
2013-252,485,397.907
2012-448,497,185.129
2011-173,611,506.826
2010-272,352,980.336
2009-381,050,945.366
2008-431,911,348.774
2007-347,371,226.137
2006-442,370,494.174
2005-495,742,535.693
2004-437,235,618.857
2003-188,204,341.519
2002-144,795,834.45
2001-111,242,365.712
2000-102,185,303.182
1999-132,281,342.191
1998-106,181,127.822
1997-80,150,970.209
1996140,864,286.639
1995936,486.049
1994134,089,341.109
199385,054,634.932
1992146,166,971.697
1991-19,479,304.42
1990-7,130,095.597
198929,010,255.56
198855,547,125.181
1987-7,650,244.952
198640,383,211.929
1985-5,278,000
1984-32,790,250
1983-87,646,500
1982-79,733,000
1981-132,041,000
1980-61,041,000
1979-42,124,306.635
1978-23,647,312.6
1977-47,464,982.8
1976-69,864,469.4
1975-46,170,238.148
1974-57,664,892.233
1973-50,479,865.518
1972-46,479,667.218
1971-42,465,732.226
1970-46,201,972.602
1969-39,578,130.805
1968-26,386,397.512
1967-18,259,009.87

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