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Bahamas: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2005 · 32 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2005
−1.11%percent of GDP
Change on 2004
+0.8 pointsfrom −1.93%
Average, 1996–2005
−0.955%10 years
Record high and low
0.241% (2000)low −2.22% (1989)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-2.5%-2%-1.5%-1%-0.5%0%0.5%1975198019851990199520002005BahamasBahamas
Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2005-1.11
2004-1.93
2003-1.87
2002-1.46
2001-0.429
20000.241
1999-0.199
1998-0.672
1997-1.58
1996-0.558

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1973–2005
  • World Development Indicators1990–2005

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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