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Select countries and indicators. Click any year for a key-event snapshot. Data sourced from IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD, and national sources. Estimates and projections are indicated.
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Cayman Islands
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Trinidad & Tobago
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands
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Guyana's 63.3% real GDP growth in 2022 — the world's fastest that year — reflects the rapid ramp-up of the Stabroek Block. The structural divergence between Guyana's oil-led expansion and Trinidad & Tobago's gradual post-COVID recovery is the defining macroeconomic dynamic in the Caribbean this decade.
Single-year snapshot ranked by economy. For multi-year trends, select Net FDI in the Chart Explorer above.
Net Foreign Direct Investment
Cross-country net FDI inflows on a balance-of-payments basis. Negative values indicate net disinvestment — outflows exceeded inflows that year. All values in US$ millions.
Net FDI by Economy
Source:World Bank WDI — BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD· Net FDI on BoP basis; negative = net disinvestment outflows. 2024 are World Bank estimates.
Budget Allocation
Select a country, then click any segment for its amount, share and source page. Figures are in each country's own currency, transcribed from the official budget document.
Barbados — Budget Allocation
Denominator: Bds$4,697.794mn — Total Expenditure, Approved Estimates 2024-2025
Exhaustive — all 10 published line items, summing to the stated total. Figures in BBD millions as printed in the source; no currency conversion applied.
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Bahamas — Budget Allocation
Denominator: B$3,268.595mn — Recurrent Expenditure, Estimates 2024/2025
Exhaustive — all 53 published line items, summing to the stated total. Figures in BSD millions as printed in the source; no currency conversion applied.
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Guyana — Budget Allocation
Denominator: G$1,146,000mn — Total Budget 2024 (G$1.146 trillion)
Major allocations only — 11 named items cover 72.4% of the total; the remaining 27.6% is a derived residual, not a published line item. Figures in GYD millions as printed in the source; no currency conversion applied.
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Jamaica — Budget Allocation
Denominator: J$1,341,100mn — Total Expenditure including amortisation
Exhaustive — all 27 published line items, summing to the stated total. Figures in JMD millions as printed in the source; no currency conversion applied.
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Trinidad & Tobago — Budget Allocation
Denominator: TT$59,741mn — Total Expenditure, fiscal 2025
Major allocations only — 10 named items cover 56.9% of the total; the remaining 43.1% is a derived residual, not a published line item. Figures in TTD millions as printed in the source; no currency conversion applied.
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Government Spending vs Revenue
Per-country total government revenue against total expenditure in local currency — primary national sources. The gap is the fiscal balance: a surplus where revenue exceeds spending, a deficit where spending exceeds revenue.
Latest Revenue
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Latest Expenditure
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Fiscal Balance
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Revenue & Expenditure
Fiscal Balance
Accounting basis & scope
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Local-currency values on each country's own national basis. Levels are NOT comparable across countries.
Export country dataset
Full 24-indicator time series (FY2015 onward) as an Excel workbook — a Data sheet plus Nominal GDP, Real GDP, and Government Revenue chart sheets.