Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Antigua and Barbuda: the economy in numbers
Per person: $24,819, or $35,832 at purchasing power parity. Population: 94,209 (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #184 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +2.4%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $412 million in 1977, $2.34 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $6,452 per person in 1977, $24,819 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 2.3% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1978: 9 of 48.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 77.8% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 19.0% in 1980.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1990: 114.5% of GDP in 2002. IMF forecast for 2031: 59.4%.
Population
1960: 55,603 · 2025: 94,209.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 62.6 years · 2024: 77.8 years.
Exports of goods and services
2014: 74.5% · 2022: 55.0%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 59.4%f | ||||||
| 2030 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 61.4%f | ||||||
| 2029 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 63.1%f | ||||||
| 2028 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 64.7%f | ||||||
| 2027 | 2.5%f | 3.1%f | 65.8%f | ||||||
| 2026 | 2.4%f | 3.6%f | 66.8%f | ||||||
| 2025 | $2.34B | $24,819 | $35,832 | 5.0% | 1.4% | 70.2% | 94.2K | ||
| 2024 | $2.16B | $23,060 | $33,352 | 2.5% | 6.2% | 71.6% | 93.8K | 77.8 | |
| 2023 | $2.05B | $22,012 | $31,893 | 3.9% | 5.1% | 74.5% | 93.3K | 77.6 | |
| 2022 | $1.86B | $20,003 | $29,762 | 8.5% | 7.5% | 82.4% | 92.8K | 77.5 | 55.0% |
| 2021 | $1.6B | $17,349 | $25,745 | 8.2% | 2.1% | 93.0% | 92.3K | 77.2 | 47.0% |
| 2020 | $1.41B | $15,370 | $22,370 | −18.9% | 0.6% | 100.5% | 91.8K | 77.2 | 41.9% |
| 2019 | $1.73B | $18,896 | $26,551 | 3.2% | 1.4% | 81.6% | 91.4K | 77.2 | 69.2% |
| 2018 | $1.66B | $18,273 | $24,524 | 6.7% | 1.2% | 84.3% | 90.9K | 77.1 | 62.5% |
| 2017 | $1.53B | $16,966 | $21,422 | 2.7% | 2.4% | 88.2% | 90.5K | 77.0 | 64.4% |
| 2016 | $1.49B | $16,557 | $21,320 | 4.1% | −0.5% | 83.1% | 90K | 77.0 | 70.0% |
| 2015 | $1.44B | $16,078 | $20,985 | 1.4% | 1.0% | 92.1% | 89.4K | 76.9 | 70.7% |
| 2014 | $1.38B | $15,532 | $21,671 | 2.2% | 1.1% | 91.9% | 88.8K | 76.9 | 74.5% |
| 2013 | $1.33B | $15,052 | $21,761 | −0.6% | 1.1% | 85.4% | 88.1K | 77.0 | |
| 2012 | $1.36B | $15,640 | $23,012 | 3.4% | 3.4% | 76.9% | 87.3K | 77.1 | |
| 2011 | $1.29B | $14,912 | $23,804 | −2.0% | 3.5% | 81.1% | 86.3K | 77.0 | |
| 2010 | $1.3B | $15,217 | $24,071 | −7.8% | 3.4% | 79.4% | 85.3K | 76.7 | |
| 2009 | $1.39B | $16,472 | $26,157 | −12.0% | −0.6% | 89.2% | 84.2K | 76.4 | |
| 2008 | $1.56B | $18,787 | $29,978 | −0.0% | 5.3% | 66.8% | 82.9K | 76.1 | |
| 2007 | $1.49B | $18,205 | $29,851 | 9.3% | 1.4% | 68.7% | 81.7K | 75.7 | |
| 2006 | $1.3B | $16,174 | $26,949 | 12.7% | 1.8% | 79.1% | 80.6K | 75.5 | |
| 2005 | $1.14B | $14,369 | $23,485 | 6.5% | 2.1% | 82.8% | 79.6K | 75.4 | |
| 2004 | $1.03B | $13,038 | $21,629 | 5.8% | 2.0% | 107.7% | 78.7K | 75.3 | |
| 2003 | $948M | $12,173 | $20,127 | 6.1% | 2.0% | 113.0% | 77.9K | 75.3 | |
| 2002 | $898M | $11,659 | $18,813 | 1.0% | 2.4% | 114.5% | 77K | 75.2 | |
| 2001 | $878M | $11,539 | $18,569 | −4.5% | 1.4% | 107.6% | 76.1K | 75.1 | |
| 2000 | $901M | $12,027 | $19,319 | 6.2% | 0.8% | 96.4% | 74.9K | 74.8 | |
| 1999 | $836M | $11,342 | $18,088 | 3.7% | 1.1% | 95.9% | 73.7K | 74.5 | |
| 1998 | $790M | $10,907 | $17,496 | 4.7% | 3.3% | 94.6% | 72.4K | 74.2 | |
| 1997 | $734M | $10,336 | $16,836 | 5.5% | 0.4% | 80.6% | 71.1K | 74.0 | |
| 1996 | $679M | $9,756 | $16,017 | 6.6% | 3.0% | 85.5% | 69.6K | 73.8 | |
| 1995 | $616M | $9,034 | $15,062 | −4.4% | 2.7% | 92.1% | 68.2K | 73.6 | |
| 1994 | $625M | $9,351 | $15,736 | 6.7% | 6.5% | 84.5% | 66.8K | 73.5 | |
| 1993 | $566M | $8,625 | $14,720 | 5.3% | 3.1% | 85.3% | 65.6K | 73.4 | |
| 1992 | $525M | $8,154 | $13,908 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 90.8% | 64.4K | 73.4 | |
| 1991 | $504M | $7,956 | $13,658 | 2.2% | 4.5% | 94.6% | 63.4K | 73.5 | |
| 1990 | $479M | $7,591 | $12,996 | 3.0% | 6.6% | 94.1% | 63.1K | 73.6 | |
| 1989 | $455M | $7,188 | 5.3% | 4.4% | 63.3K | 73.6 | |||
| 1988 | $411M | $6,466 | 5.2% | 6.8% | 63.6K | 73.8 | |||
| 1987 | $347M | $5,424 | 6.6% | 3.6% | 63.9K | 73.9 | |||
| 1986 | $298M | $4,629 | 11.5% | 0.5% | 64.3K | 73.9 | |||
| 1985 | $246M | $3,814 | 7.6% | 1.0% | 64.6K | 73.9 | |||
| 1984 | $212M | $3,271 | 10.2% | 3.8% | 64.9K | 73.8 | |||
| 1983 | $185M | $2,847 | 5.4% | 2.3% | 64.9K | 73.7 | |||
| 1982 | $166M | $2,569 | −0.1% | 4.2% | 64.8K | 73.5 | |||
| 1981 | $149M | $2,310 | 3.8% | 11.5% | 64.7K | 73.3 | |||
| 1980 | $132M | $2,053 | 8.2% | 19.0% | 64.5K | 73.1 | |||
| 1979 | $110M | $1,705 | 8.1% | 64.3K | 72.8 | ||||
| 1978 | $88M | $1,375 | 4.4% | 64K | 72.5 | ||||
| 1977 | $77.5M | $1,214 | 63.9K | 72.1 | |||||
| 1976 | 63.8K | 71.8 | |||||||
| 1975 | 63.8K | 71.4 | |||||||
| 1974 | 64.1K | 71.1 | |||||||
| 1973 | 64.3K | 70.7 | |||||||
| 1972 | 64.6K | 70.3 | |||||||
| 1971 | 64.7K | 69.9 | |||||||
| 1970 | 64.5K | 69.4 | |||||||
| 1969 | 63.8K | 68.8 | |||||||
| 1968 | 62.8K | 68.2 | |||||||
| 1967 | 61.8K | 67.6 | |||||||
| 1966 | 60.9K | 66.9 | |||||||
| 1965 | 60K | 66.2 | |||||||
| 1964 | 59K | 65.4 | |||||||
| 1963 | 58.1K | 64.7 | |||||||
| 1962 | 57.3K | 64.0 | |||||||
| 1961 | 56.5K | 63.3 | |||||||
| 1960 | 55.6K | 62.6 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1980–1998, World Bank for the other years.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)