Central Bank of Barbados Exchange Rate API: Official BBD Rates as JSON

The Central Bank of Barbados publishes the official exchange rates that accounting, tax, and customs rules in Barbados reference — published official rates, not moving market prices. This guide shows how to pull them as JSON: via a REST endpoint or the zero-dependency central-bank-of-barbados-exchange-rate npm package.

What the Central Bank of Barbados publishes

• Daily buying and selling rates from the telegraphic-transfer table — USD, CAD, GBP, EUR, XCD, BZD and GYD, in BBD per unit.
• The 2:1 peg, as the bank prints it — USD buying 1.99, selling 2.0277.
• History back to 4 January 2010 in our API, queryable by exact date or as a series.
• The bank's own publication date on every response; the next business day's table appears once posted.

With the Barbados dollar fixed at two to the US dollar, the table is really about the cross rates — sterling, the euro, the Canadian dollar and the neighbouring Caribbean currencies — and the Central Bank of Barbados TT table is the official reference for them.

Why official rates, not market rates

A live mid-market feed answers "what is USD/BBD trading at right now?" — the right tool for checkouts and dashboards. But accountants, auditors, and tax authorities ask a different question: "which rate were you required to use for this date?" That answer comes from the Central Bank of Barbados's published rates, and it never changes after publication.

Get the latest rates (REST)

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/cbbd/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

The response is the bank's most recent published data — every rate and the publication date. The latest rates are available on every plan, including the free tier (300 requests/month, no credit card).

The npm SDK

npm install central-bank-of-barbados-exchange-rate

import { getRate, getLatestRates } from 'central-bank-of-barbados-exchange-rate';

// One pair at the official Central Bank of Barbados rate
const pair = await getRate('USD', 'BBD', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date);

// The bank's full published table
const table = await getLatestRates({ apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(table.rate_date, table.rates.length);

Zero dependencies, TypeScript types included, and it runs anywhere fetch exists — Node 18+, Bun, Deno, and edge runtimes.

Historical rates for an invoice date

import { getRatesForDate, getHistory } from 'central-bank-of-barbados-exchange-rate';

// The official rates for an invoice date — non-publication days return
// the most recent published date, flagged via published_on_requested_date.
const day = await getRatesForDate('2026-06-30', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });

// Time series for one pair
const series = await getHistory(
  { source: 'USD', target: 'BBD', from: '2026-01-01' },
  { apiKey: 'art_live_...' }
);

Historical dates and time series need a paid plan; the latest rates stay free.

Published vs derived pairs

If the Central Bank of Barbados does not print a pair directly, the API resolves it from the bank's published rates — an inverse, or a cross rate via BBD — and flags it derived: true with the method used. Official and computed values are never silently mixed, which is exactly the distinction an auditor will ask about.

Sixteen years of the official table

Our archive starts on 4 January 2010 — every published buying and selling rate since, stored with its publication date. The USD leg barely moves; the sterling, euro and Canadian legs carry the whole story, and any of them is one call away for a given date.

FAQ

Does the Central Bank of Barbados have an official exchange rate API?

The Central Bank of Barbados publishes its official rates on its own site, and AllRatesToday serves the same published rates as clean JSON via REST or the central-bank-of-barbados-exchange-rate npm package. The latest table is free.

How often do Central Bank of Barbados rates update?

Once per business day, as buying and selling rates from the telegraphic-transfer table. The next business day's table appears once the bank posts it; every API response carries the publication date.

Can I get the Central Bank of Barbados rate for a past date, like an invoice date?

Yes. The /central-bank/cbbd/rates-for-date endpoint returns the official rates for any archived date. Non-publication days resolve to the most recent published date and are flagged, so your audit trail stays honest. Historical dates require a paid plan; latest rates are free.