Antigua and Barbuda
Everything Palanor holds about Antigua and Barbuda, in one place: 41 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
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The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $2.34 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +8.3%.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -8.3% of GDP (2022); 17th percentile since 2014; 1y −1.15 pts.
Country Posture
What Antigua and Barbuda’s economy is doing
Momentum
2024Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 2.5 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -4.3 |
| Change in unemployment | — |
| Change in the employment rate | — |
| Export volume growth | 10.0 |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 3 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | 3.0 |
| Current account | -12.0 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | 0.66 |
| External debt | — |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 1.4 |
| Change in inflation | -4.8 |
| Currency move against the dollar | 0.0% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | 1.21 |
| Private credit, three-year change | -0.9 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Antigua and Barbuda passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Antigua and Barbuda itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Recorded changes
Antigua and Barbuda grants citizenship for a set investment
- Citizenship by Investment Programme citizenship · OpenGovernment minimum $248,800 for one person, $264,700 for a family of four (agent fees excluded). 1,276 passports issued in 2024, 13.54 per 1,000 residents.
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Antigua and Barbuda
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF cut its growth forecast for this year by 0.2 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 21,676 | 22,504 | 23,308 | 26,410 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -11.6 | -12.7 | -11.9 | -9.4 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 70.2 | 66.8 | 65.8 | 59.4 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | 3.2 | -1.0 | -1.3 | -1.0 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Antigua and Barbuda
Palanor’s company graph holds 1 entities headquartered here, 1 with a listed ticker (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
- SINOVAC BIOTECH LTDSVA · St. John’s
Signals
Every series about Antigua and Barbuda
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 41 in the Library.
Growth and output1
- Antigua and Barbuda · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +8.3%$2.34bn2025
Trade and capital flows1
- Antigua and Barbuda · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)record low since 2013; 1y −5.00 pts-117.7% of GDP2025
Migration1 of 5
- U.S.-Born People Living in Antigua and Barbuda (UN)record high since 19902,850 people2024
Health and living standards1
More about this country2
- Antigua and Barbuda · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)record low since Jun 2010; 1y unchanged$0bn2026-09-01
- Antigua and Barbuda · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDPrecord low since 2010; 1y unchanged0% of GDP2025
Peers
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