Taxes on goods and services in Barbados
Barbados: Taxes on goods and services was 45.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Barbados, 2003–2016
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2016, taxes on goods and services in Barbados stood at 45.9%.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Barbados peaked at 49.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 39.6%, in 2009.
Barbados ranks 17th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40.7% | — |
| 2004 | 44.4% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 45.9% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 44.5% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 39.6% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 44.7% | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 49.4% | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 47.2% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 49.8% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 44.4% | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 48.4% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 45.9% | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.9% | 39.6% | 45.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 47.1% | 44.4% | 49.8% | 7 |
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More public sector data for Barbados
- Arms imports 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 36.48 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2009)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 23,256 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2009)
- Tax revenue 23.4% (2016)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 9.85 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 30.0% (2016)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 132.09 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 4.43 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Barbados?
- Taxes on goods and services in Barbados was 45.9% in 2016, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.6% in 2009.
- How does Barbados rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Barbados ranks 17th out of 156 countries with data for 2016.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.