Relations between Barbados and Colombia began on 1 February 1972, six years after the island country's independence.

In addition, Barbados was the first country in the Lesser Antilles with which Colombia established relations, after Trinidad and Tobago.

[6][7] In terms of multilateral forums, Barbados and Colombia have strengthened their ties in the fight against the drug problem, since Barbados, like many Caribbean countries, serves as a platform for communication and export of cocaine to Africa, and also functions as a platform for money laundering.

As for consular relations, the consulates of each of the countries in the cities previously named are in charge of serving the citizens of the counterpart.

As for rapprochements, in 2012, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mónica Lanzetta, visited Bridgetown.