Antigua and Barbuda Budget Statement 2009

The economy of Antigua and Barbuda is the largest in the OECS sub-region, generating over twenty five percent of real output. Over the past four and a half years, our economy has experienced robust economic growth which has consistently been above the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union average. On the other hand, the period 1999 to 2003 was characterised by much lower levels of growth. In fact, in the year 2000, St. Lucia surpassed Antigua and Barbuda as the largest economy in the sub-region.