Mia Mottley won all 30 Barbados seats in February 2026, then took a new precautionary IMF stand-by arrangement worth about US$257 million in June.
Economy · Barbados
—The stakes. Barbados completed its IMF programme and debt restructuring, then returned to the Fund in June 2026 with a new precautionary arrangement, with public debt still high.
—The date. Barbados formally exited its EFF and RSF arrangements in June 2025, ending the seven-year BERT programme.
—The anchor. Tourism and international business services remain the twin pillars, with tourism at 7.8% of GDP and business services at 34.5% in 2025.
—The reform. of GDP by 2035.
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