Debt Monitoring Hub – Debt Monitoring Hub

Caribbean Debt Monitoring and Advocacy Hub

The Caribbean Debt Monitoring and Advocacy Hub is an interactive, user friendly portal designed to educate on the debt situation facing the Caribbean Region. Users can access debt data and debt information through this single electronic tool and get a sense of the impact of increasing debt in the region.

DOMINICA

$ 0 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

St. Kitts & Nevis

$ 0 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

St. Vincent

$ 0 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

GRENADA

$ 0 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

ANTIGUA

$ 1 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

ST. LUCIA

$ 1 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

BELIZE

$ 2 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

GUYANA

$ 2 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

SURINAME

$ 2 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

BARBADOS

$ 6 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

BAHAMAS

$ 8 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

JAMAICA

$ 13 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

$ 21 B

TOTAL DEBT STOCK

2020 Total Debt Stock. Numbers listed in Billion USD

DATA SOURCES:

https://www.eccb-centralbank.org/statistics/debt-datas/comparative-report/1
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2021/October/weo-report
https://countryeconomy.com/national-debt/suriname
https://countryeconomy.com/national-debt/jamaica
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; IMF Article IV Consultation Reports for Trinidad and Tobago (Provided by Jwala Rambarran)

FOREIGN DEBT

Country	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Country	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Antigua and Barbuda	1,032.13	1,168.47	1,288.42	1,286.90	1,275.60	1,311.55	1,386.59	1,538.68	1,569.48
Bahamas	1,465.00	1,616.00	2,095.00	2,176.00	2,373.00	3,234.00	3,172.00	3,123.00	3,479.00
Barbados	1,322.00	1,434.00	1,521.00	1,460.00	1,442.00	1,412.00	1,597.00	1,629.00	1,701.00
Belize	1,029.00	1,083.00	1,126.00	1,179.00	1,204.00	1,257.00	1,285.00	1,320.00	1,348.00
Dominica	598.20	632.86	654.96	671.43	627.26	621.67	593.92	557.01	680.34
Grenada	1,353.50	1,579.36	1,643.22	1,596.69	1,583.75	1,402.80	1,483.91	1,412.74	1,535.58
Guyana	1,359.00	1,246.00	1,216.00	1,143.00	1,162.00	1,248.00	1,322.00	1,306.00	1,299.00
Jamaica	8,256.00	8,310.00	8,659.00	10,314.00	10,244.00	10,103.00	9,937.00	9,253.00	9,200.00
St. Kitts and Nevis	756.21	798.55	712.20	532.89	495.21	383.97	370.13	358.54	341.91
St. Lucia	1,106.64	1,257.43	1,367.34	1,323.71	1,387.86	1,573.41	1,579.89	1,646.19	1,870.98
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	784.26	857.00	953.47	990.21	967.79	973.78	994.95	1,083.25	1,197.00
Suriname	707.00	878.00	942.00	1,156.00	1,872.00	2,046.00	2,060.00	2,298.00	2,312.00
Trinidad and Tobago	1,981.00	2,534.00	2,537.00	2,553.00	3,519.00	3,896.00	4,119.00	4,227.00	4,707.00

DATA SOURCES:

GDP CURRENT PRICES

Country	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Antigua and Barbuda	1181.00	1250.00	1337.00	1437.00	1468.00	1605.00	1688.00	1370.00
Bahamas	10495.00	11143.00	11891.00	11993.00	12360.00	12838.00	13164.00	9908.00
Barbados	4677.00	4697.00	4715.00	4830.00	4978.00	5087.00	5298.00	4418.00
Belize	1579.00	1667.00	1722.00	1789.00	1859.00	1916.00	1983.00	1636.00
Dominica	498.30	520.21	540.74	576.23	519.84	550.62	611.54	504.21
Grenada	842.62	911.50	997.01	1062.00	1126.00	1167.00	1213.00	1042.00
Guyana	4168.00	4128.00	4280.00	4483.00	4748.00	4788.00	5174.00	5471.00
Jamaica	14264.00	13899.00	14189.00	14077.00	14809.00	15731.00	15831.00	13812.00
St. Kitts and Nevis	839.77	916.57	923.16	1009.00	1061.00	1079.00	1165.00	980.74
St. Lucia	1665.00	1755.00	1808.00	1866.00	1997.00	2065.00	2119.00	1617.00
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	721.21	727.71	755.40	774.43	792.18	811.30	825.04	807.47
Suriname	5145.75	5240.60	5126.29	3317.43	3591.62	3996.24	3,98.44	2884.24
Trinidad & Tobago	27270.00	27620.00	24960.00	22390.00	22390.00	23680.00	23210.00	21590.00

Numbers listed in 1,000 Million USD

DATA SOURCES:

0 TRINIDAD

Gross National Income

0 BAHAMAS

Gross National Income

0 BARBADOS

Gross National Income

0 BELIZE

Gross National Income

0 DOMINICA

Gross National Income

0 Suriname

Gross National Income

0 ANTIGUA

Gross National Income

0 Grenada

Gross National Income

0 GUYANA

Gross National Income

0 Jamaica

Gross National Income

0 St. Kitts and Nevis

Gross National Income

0 St. Lucia

Gross National Income

0 St. Vincent

Gross National Income

2020 Gross National Income. Numbers listed in 1,000 Million USD

DATA SOURCES:

GDP GROWTH PERCENTAGE

Country	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Country	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Antigua and Barbuda	3.37	-0.60	3.80	3.83	5.50	3.14	6.88	4.86	-20.19
Bahamas	3.09	-3.58	2.29	1.59	0.09	1.63	2.77	0.70	-14.51
Barbados	-0.46	-1.41	-0.12	2.45	2.48	0.48	-0.58	-0.10	-18.98
Belize	2.42	1.29	4.04	2.64	-0.03	1.81	2.91	1.76	-14.01
Dominica	-1.06	-1.00	4.45	-2.69	2.56	-6.80	2.21	7.57	-16.60
Grenada	-1.16	2.35	7.34	6.44	3.74	4.44	4.30	0.74	-13.71
Guyana	5.38	3.65	1.69	0.69	3.81	3.73	4.44	5.35	43.48
Jamaica	-0.61	0.52	0.69	0.92	1.38	1.00	1.89	0.89	-10.00
St. Kitts and Nevis	-2.23	5.38	6.28	1.03	13.39	0.90	2.70	4.80	-14.40
St. Lucia	-0.20	-3.17	1.76	-1.36	3.65	3.50	2.93	-0.06	-20.37
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.38	1.84	1.21	1.33	1.90	1.00	2.16	0.53	-3.25
Suriname	2.69	2.93	0.26	-3.41	-4.92	1.57	4.95	1.10	-15.91
Trinidad and Tobago	1.27	2.23	-0.91	1.48	-5.60	-2.99	0.07	-1.25	-7.85

DATA SOURCES:

TOTAL DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP - 2019 to 2020

Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Antigua and Barbuda	87.68	101.06	100.17	86.92	82.61	83	78.53	75.39	98.63
Bahamas	37.59	44.21	47.70	48.95	49.76	53	61.80	59.69	75.15
Barbados	123.67	135.16	139.25	147.02	149.45	158	125.97	124.79	156.76
Belize	76.96	78.77	78.26	87.00	88.19	95	94.33	94.42	123.29
Dominica	77.60	77.89	78.08	74.16	68.28	74	74.46	78.04	109.10
Grenada	103.29	103.67	96.88	88.58	79.99	69	66.27	59.67	72.88
Guyana	44.69	41.44	38.67	42.20	44.20	43	47.37	43.87	37.00
Jamaica	137.93	135.88	132.41	124.64	113.70	101	94.39	94.26	107.42
St. Kitts and Nevis	126.12	93.28	71.69	63.65	59.00	59	57.34	54.32	67.90
St. Lucia	60.24	61.28	61.08	60.41	59.90	58	59.93	61.10	89.99
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.65	71.39	80.30	79.13	82.12	74	75.46	74.99	87.37
Suriname	21.62	29.78	26.58	42.87	74.79	71	66.14	85.24	148.24
Trinidad and Tobago	42.00	42.00	41.00	48.00	58.00	59	58.00	62.00	80.00

DATA SOURCES:

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP

Country	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Antigua and Barbuda	72.91	78.67	84.05	71.10	67.80	67.22	64.16	64.13	85.17
Bahamas	36.40	44.40	46.40	48.30	51.50	59.00	63.40	62.30	72.60
Barbados	112.80	120.50	129.60	141.70	151.20	148.40	126.30	120.20	144.40
Belize	77.00	78.80	78.30	82.80	88.20	95.20	94.30	94.40	123.30
Dominica	64.58	65.07	65.22	63.97	57.44	62.33	64.00	67.69	97.05
Grenada	93.02	94.55	89.58	82.72	75.73	65.76	62.68	57.67	70.61
Guyana	44.70	41.40	38.70	42.20	44.20	43.20	47.40	43.90	47.40
Jamaica	137.90	135.90	132.40	124.60	122.70	101.20	94.40	94.30	107.40
St. Kitts and Nevis	99.71	72.15	59.90	51.30	47.93	47.57	41.45	37.83	46.39
St. Lucia	55.13	56.92	57.64	57.41	57.60	55.24	56.46	57.73	85.14
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57.08	59.10	68.67	67.62	65.93	67.15	69.39	71.33	84.06
Suriname	31.80	35.60	33.30	52.40	50.90	87.00	81.00	86.00	109.00
Trinidad and Tobago	39.40	39.10	40.90	45.40	64.50	67.70	60.40	65.50	80.90

DATA SOURCES: