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Barbadian Dollar
BBDBarbados · Issued by Central Bank of Barbados
Price (USD)
$0.500000
Inflation (2024)
+1.45%
10y M2 change
+43%
M69 Score
94.7
USD-pegged 2:1
Market Cap (USD)
$7.04B
via M2 · 2023
M2 (local currency)
14.09B BBD
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+1.45%
World Bank · annual
Country
Barbados
ISO 4217 · BBD
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Barbadian Dollar M2 money supply
Broad money in BBD (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Barbadian Dollar inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Barbados. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Barbadian Dollar be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 BBD in 2001 buys today
25.63 BBDworth of goods
Lost 74% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
390.15 BBD
40 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:00:08
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- BRB
Note: USD-pegged 2:1
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/BBD
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Barbadian Dollar?+
The Barbadian Dollar (BBD) is issued by Central Bank of Barbados. As the monetary authority for Barbados, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Barbadian Dollar?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Barbadian Dollar: 1.45% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Barbadian Dollar been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 43% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between BBD as accounting unit and BBD as a store of value.
Is the Barbadian Dollar sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Barbadian Dollar currently scores 94.7. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Barbadian Dollar compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.