Barbados — Government consumption
millions of LCU · Annual · 1950–2024 · 67 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.
For Barbados, the government consumption reading stood at 1.77B LCU in 2024. Against 1.69B LCU in 2023, the period change was +4.78%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 1.51B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 11.6% in 2024.
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Latest observations
2011–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.77B LCU |
| 2023 | 1.69B LCU |
| 2022 | 1.63B LCU |
| 2021 | 1.51B LCU |
| 2020 | 1.30B LCU |
9 earlier values, back to 2011
| 2019 | 1.33B LCU |
| 2018 | 1.41B LCU |
| 2017 | 1.42B LCU |
| 2016 | 1.52B LCU |
| 2015 | 1.55B LCU |
| 2014 | 1.63B LCU |
| 2013 | 1.67B LCU |
| 2012 | 1.66B LCU |
| 2011 | 1.72B LCU |