Relationship dossier
Barbados
People's Republic of China
Relationship assessment
Barbados and China maintain cooperative ties, including development cooperation and Barbados’s participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Barbados toward People's Republic of China
+35Barbados has supported the One China policy and joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative, providing concrete foundations for bilateral cooperation.
People's Republic of China toward Barbados
+40China has provided development and technical assistance to Barbados and engaged in bilateral cooperation on projects, including through the Belt and Road framework.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship has a sustained cooperative structure, with diplomatic ties dating to 1977, Barbados’s support for the One China policy, and development cooperation involving China. Participation in the Belt and Road Initiative provides an additional framework for bilateral engagement. The known relationship is constructive, while the scope and outcomes of individual projects remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Barbados and China have maintained diplomatic relations since 1977 and developed practical cooperation, including Barbados’s participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Chinese development and technical assistance. Barbados has also supported the One China policy. The relationship is cooperative, although the scale and implementation of specific projects are not fully clear.
Key developments
Barbados and China established diplomatic relations.
Barbados joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative through a bilateral cooperation arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral development and technical cooperation are unclear.
- Details of the projects associated with Barbados’s Belt and Road cooperation are limited.