Bahrain vs Barbados: Central government debt, total

Bahrain
111.6%
in 2020
Barbados
125.0%
in 2016
Bahrain rank
5th
Barbados rank
3rd

Central government debt, total over time

  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
0255075100125199020052020

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 125.0% against 111.6% in Bahrain, a difference of 13.4%.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Bahrain ranks 5th and Barbados ranks 3rd of 83 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Barbados Difference Ahead
2000s 12.7% 71.8% 59.1% Barbados
2010s 45.2% 101.1% 55.9% Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher central government debt, total, Bahrain or Barbados?
Barbados, at 125.0% against 111.6% in Bahrain as of 2016.
What is the difference in central government debt, total between Bahrain and Barbados?
13.4%, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Barbados?
11 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2016.
How do Bahrain and Barbados rank globally for central government debt, total?
Bahrain ranks 5th and Barbados ranks 3rd of 83 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,726 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.