Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2023–2024
23 Dec 2025
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Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2023–2024
- Publication type: Studies and Perspectives – ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for The Caribbean
- Author: McLean, Sheldon; Hendrickson, Michael; Pantin, Machel; Serville, Dejeanne; Julien, Christa
- Physical description: 29 pages
- Publisher: ECLAC
- UN symbol (Signature): LC/CAR/TS.2025/9
- Date: December, 2025
Abstract
chapters. The introduction examines the world economy and its prospects as well as growth and unemployment trends of Caribbean economies. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.