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Bahamas: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2025 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
73.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 73.8%
Average, 2016–2025
70.1%10 years
Record high and low
90.7% (2021)low 8.68% (1980)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203161.9Forecast
203064.1Forecast
202966.3Forecast
202868.5Forecast
202770.2Forecast
202671.9Forecast
202573.8
202473.8
202378.3
202284.7
202190.7
202071.9
201960.3
201861.5
201754.6
201651.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1968–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Bahamas documentation (PDF)

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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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