Barbados's net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) was 181 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4,494% from 3.94 million in 2015 (46.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 181 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 186 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.94 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 329.2 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | -92 million | 2019 |
| Average since 2016 | 46.88 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.5 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Barbados' net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) fell 148.2 million on 2024 (from 329.2 million to 181 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.62 million and a typical year strayed about 95.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 339.6 million in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 155.87 million in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 34.21 million a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Barbados had the 92nd highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Barbados in the 2025 ranking
- Montenegro — 89th of 130: 407.7 million
- Belize — 90th of 130: 299.82 million
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 91st of 130: 212.7 million
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 93rd of 130: 161.69 million
- Kiribati — 94th of 130: 152.09 million
- Palau — 95th of 130: 66.3 million
What this measures
Net secondary income (from abroad) comprises transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Net secondary income is equal to the unrequited transfers of income from nonresidents to residents minus the unrequited transfers from residents to nonresidents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 40 values
| Year | Net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 181,000,000 |
| 2024 | 329,200,000 |
| 2023 | -10,400,000 |
| 2022 | 29,800,000 |
| 2021 | 66,200,000 |
| 2020 | 186,000,000 |
| 2019 | -92,000,000 |
| 2018 | -80,000,000 |
| 2017 | -75,927,000 |
| 2016 | -65,043,400 |
Net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — -285.6 million (2025)
- Argentina — 2.72 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — -143.03 million (2024)
- Bahamas, The — -29.9 million (2024)
- Belize — 299.82 million (2025)
- Bolivia — 8.22 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 29.16 billion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — -379.9 million (2024)
- Chile
More economic policy & debt data for Barbados
- GDP (current US$) — US$8.02 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 16.03 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.5 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 15.34 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$28,365 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 56,730 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$23,014 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 54,263 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$7.69 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 15.38 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 54,417 (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Barbados's net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU)?
- 181 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is up 704.44% from 22.5 million in 1986 (5.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 329.2 million in 2024 and the lowest -92 million in 2019.
- How does Barbados rank?
- 92nd highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) unusual for Barbados?
- In 2025, Barbados' net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) fell 148.2 million on 2024 (from 329.2 million to 181 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.62 million and a typical year strayed about 95.66 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TRF.NCTR.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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