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Bahamas: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
12.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 13.1%
Average, 2015–2024
13.6%10 years
Record high and low
21.8% (2020)low 9.18% (1999)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Government consumption (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202412.9
202313.1
202213.2
202117.3
202021.8
201912.7
201811.3
201711.7
201610.7
201511.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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