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

PeriodValue
20241.77B LCU
20231.69B LCU
20221.63B LCU
20211.51B LCU
20201.30B LCU
9 earlier values, back to 2011
20191.33B LCU
20181.41B LCU
20171.42B LCU
20161.52B LCU
20151.55B LCU
20141.63B LCU
20131.67B LCU
20121.66B LCU
20111.72B LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.