Two-way investment brief
Australia–Barbados
Barbados direct investment in Australia
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Total Barbados investment in Australia
A$836 m
Australian direct investment in Barbados
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Total Australian investment in Barbados
A$299 m
Trend
Direct investment in both directions
- Barbados in Australia
- Australia in Barbados
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
- Direct investment
- Portfolio investment
- Other investment
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
Net transactions during the year; negative = net disinvestment
- Barbados → Australia
- Australia → Barbados
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
Trade relationship
Australia–Barbados trade
Investment and trade move together: the partners that invest most in Australia are usually major trading partners too. Goods trade is recorded monthly (latest: July 2026); services annually.
Two-way trade, 2025
A$7 m
Goods exports to Barbados, 2025
A$5 m
Goods imports from Barbados, 2025
A$2 m
Services trade, 2025
A$0 k
Calendar years, A$ (ABS merchandise trade)
- Exports to Barbados
- Imports from Barbados
Source: ABS, International Merchandise Trade (MERCH_EXP / MERCH_IMP), summed to calendar years.
Calendar years, A$ (ABS international trade in services by country)
- Exports to Barbados
- Imports from Barbados
Source: ABS, International Trade in Services by Country, calendar years.
Economic outlook
Barbados’s economy
| IMF World Economic Outlook | 2024 | 2025 | 2026forecast | 2027forecast | 2028forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| Inflation | 1.5% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.2% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| Current account, % GDP | −3.9% | −7.5% | −7.0% | −6.6% | −6.0% |
| Fiscal balance, % GDP | −0.8% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Government gross debt, % GDP | 98.9% | 94.2% | 89.5% | 85.1% | 81.2% |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook via the IMF DataMapper API. Years from 2026 are IMF projections; recent years may be estimates and are revised in each WEO round (April and October).
2025 at a glance
- New FDI from Barbados
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- New Australian FDI in Barbados
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- Direct investment income paid to investors
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- Direct investment income earned by Australians
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Barbados globally (World Bank)
- FDI outflows, 2024
- $19 m · 120th
- FDI inflows, 2024
- $303 m
- GDP, 2025
- $8.0 bn
- Region · income
- Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Regulatory openness (OECD FDIRRI)
OECD index data loading — see FDI openness
Sources: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (cat. 5352.0), 2025 release, released 2026-05-06 — levels at 31 December and calendar-year flows and income, A$ millions, immediate counterparty basis (investment routed via third economies is attributed to the intermediate economy). World Bank WDI (US$). OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. np = not published for confidentiality; included in totalsPrepared independently by FDIstats from public statistics; not an Australian Government publication and not investment advice. For foreign investment rules, see the Treasury and FIRB.