
From mid-night August 1, consumers in Barbados paid more for diesel and gasoline. The retail price of gasoline rose from $3.87 BDS per litre to $3.99, an increase of twelve (12) cents / 3.1% from the previous month. The retail price of diesel also rose, going from $3.12 BDS per litre to $3.16, an increase of four (4) cents / 1.3% from the previous month (Source: Barbados Government Information Service).
The rest of this post explores this month’s price change in five charts:
Chart 1 Below: Month over Month % Variance for Gasoline (2021 Retail Prices).

Chart 2 Below: Month over Month % Variance for Diesel (2021 Retail Prices).

Chart 3 Below: Retail Prices for Gasoline and Diesel in Barbados from January 2015 to August 2021 (click image to enlarge).

Chart 4 Below: Retail Prices for Gasoline and Diesel in Barbados showing the months of August from 2015 to August 2021.

Chart 5 Below: Retail Price difference for Gasoline and Diesel in Barbados from January to August 2021.

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