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Bahamas: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2024 · 57 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
77.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.9 pointsfrom 79.7%
Average, 2015–2024
69.3%10 years
Record high and low
89.4% (2021)low 6.24% (1973)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202477.8
202379.7
202283.7
202189.4
202085.2
201960.5
201861.6
201754.3
201651.6
201549.2

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1968–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1993
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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