Dengue in Barbados
Country profile for Barbados (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Barbados reported 87 dengue cases from January to August 2026, -26.9% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to August: 0 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Barbados recorded 178 cases, an incidence of 63.0 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for August 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Ensemble forecast: September 2026 about 20 cases (80% range 11 to 36); October 2026 about 22 cases (80% range 11 to 44); November 2026 about 22 cases (80% range 10 to 43). Backtest MAPE 50.5%, MASE 0.08.
- Cases usually peak in January (based on 12 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 4 months; the most recent was March 2024 with 214 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Barbados since 1977.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Australia, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua.
Related pages
- Dengue in Dominican Republic
- Dengue in Venezuela
- Dengue in Australia
- Dengue in Puerto Rico
- Dengue in Nicaragua
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Grenada
- Dengue in Trinidad and Tobago
- Dengue in Costa Rica
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.