Barbados - Changes in net reserves

Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in Barbados was ($106,512,500) as of 2016. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $222,754,400 in 2001 and ($156,164,900) in 2004.

Definition: Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1967 $6,016,918
1968 $21,261,500
1969 ($11,209,000)
1970 ($13,354,000)
1971 $11,745,590
1972 $4,558,228
1973 ($408,326)
1974 ($6,096,836)
1975 $9,450,091
1976 ($11,648,440)
1977 $491,897
1978 $22,305,580
1979 $7,507,046
1980 $19,194,940
1981 ($3,490,510)
1982 $93,927
1983 $8,205,067
1984 ($15,811,480)
1985 $24,284,820
1986 $18,719,110
1987 $5,160,331
1988 $40,725,700
1989 ($43,128,420)
1990 ($44,139,620)
1991 ($40,168,520)
1992 $28,722,010
1993 $21,026,050
1994 $59,018,660
1995 $43,168,050
1996 $87,835,680
1997 $18,069,970
1998 ($5,557,739)
1999 $37,195,730
2000 $178,016,300
2001 $222,754,400
2002 ($23,670,580)
2003 $67,923,110
2004 ($156,164,900)
2005 $22,185,560
2006 $28,427,530
2007 $204,635,000
2008 ($109,456,100)
2009 $49,282,010
2010 ($47,628,980)
2011 ($12,680,900)
2012 $28,020,540
2013 ($156,069,100)
2014 ($44,391,580)
2015 ($65,488,760)
2016 ($106,512,500)

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments