Relationship dossier
Barbados
India
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties marked by practical agreements and Indian vaccine assistance
Barbados toward India
+20Barbados has participated in bilateral arrangements with India, including a tax-information agreement and a visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders. These provide concrete evidence of government cooperation.
India toward Barbados
+25India has cooperated with Barbados through bilateral arrangements, including a tax-information agreement and a visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders. India also donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Barbados in 2021.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines practical bilateral agreements with Indian assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. These features support a constructive assessment, while the known cooperation appears limited in breadth compared with a close, extensive partnership.
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 India have maintained diplomatic ties and pursued practical cooperation, including a bilateral tax-information agreement and a visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders. India also donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Barbados in 2021. These measures indicate constructive relations, though the scale and breadth of cooperation are difficult to assess.
Key developments
Barbados and India concluded a tax-information exchange agreement.
Barbados and India concluded a visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders.
India donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Barbados.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent Barbados–India government cooperation are limited.