BBD
Barbados
Barbados's deposit rate is 0.14 %, the 2nd lowest of 70. And its price level is 110 % of US prices, the 3rd highest of 125.
Of 15 fields published for Barbados, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
110 % of US prices
Money's value
45.90 %
100 saved in Barbados in 2000 buys what 46 buys today — 54 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$592 PPP/mo
The law in Barbados sets the floor at about $592 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-0.71 %
A bank account in Barbados loses about 0.7 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
0.14 %
Inflation rate
0.85 %
At 0.8 % a year, prices double in about 85 years if it holds.
Corporate tax
9.00 %
ranked 7th of 96
Bank spread
7.91 %
ranked 51st of 62
Savings vs inflation
-0.71 %
ranked 49th of 70
Where Barbados sits, field by field
Each dot is Barbados’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Deposit rate0.14 %69 of 70
- Price level110 % of US prices123 of 125
- Corporate tax9.00 %7 of 96
- Government debt94.20 %107 of 124
- Bank spread7.91 %51 of 62
- Debt per person$26,72099 of 123
- Savings vs inflation-0.71 %49 of 70
- GDP per capita$28,36545 of 127
- Unemployment rate6.52 %80 of 124
- Lending rate8.05 %25 of 67
- Money's value45.90 %49 of 116
- GDP growth2.70 %70 of 127
- Minimum wage$592 PPP/mo46 of 86
- Public holidays12 days50 of 104
- Inflation rate0.85 %63 of 126
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
France
avg gap 15.3 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 45.90 % (Barbados) vs 66.10 %
Bahamas
avg gap 16.7 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 7.91 % (Barbados) vs 3.66 %
Spain
avg gap 16.9 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.85 % (Barbados) vs 2.70 %
Canada
avg gap 17.7 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $592 PPP/mo (Barbados) vs $2,324 PPP/mo
| Unemployment rate | 6.52 % | ranked 80th of 124 | |
| Lending rate | 8.05 % | ranked 25th of 67 | |
| Money's value | 45.90 % | ranked 49th of 116 | |
| GDP growth | 2.70 % | ranked 70th of 127 | |
| Minimum wage | $592 PPP/mo | ranked 46th of 86 | |
| Public holidays | 12 days | ranked 50th of 104 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.85 % | ranked 63rd of 126 |
✓ 15 fields published for Barbados, every one dated and sourced · 20 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Barbados: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 15 figures
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2022
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2022
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2022
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2022
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 35466 → 26720 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 125.033538406814 → 94.2 |