By NAN Business Editor
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Sept. 3, 2021: Despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the Caribbean’s economy is set to grow by 4.1 percent this year.
That’s according to the latest ‘Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: Labour dynamics and employment policies for sustainable and inclusive recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis,’ from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The fastest growing Caribbean Community nation will be Guyana with a growth forecast at 16 percent.
After Guyana, the country predicted to record the second highest growth in the region will be the Dominican Republic with 8 percent and Grenada with 4.7 percent.
The slowest growth nations according to ECLAC, will be Antigua and Barbuda, at 1 percent, and Trinidad and Tobago at 2.5 percent. Suriname is set to not grow at all, recording a negative growth of 1 percent while Haiti is also set to record a negative growth of -1.3 percent.
Here’s where the other countries are forecast to stack:
| Country | Forecast Percentage Growth – 2021 |
| Dominica | 4.3 |
| Jamaica | 4 |
| Saint Lucia | 3.6 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 3.3 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 |
| Barbados | 3 |
| Belize | 2.7 |
| The Bahamas | 2.3 |
| Cuba | 2.2 |
