Bahamas: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Bahamas: General government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025: −0.488%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.7 pointsfrom −1.20%
Average, 2016–2025: −4.35%10 years
Record high and low: 1.78% (1999)low −11.9% (2021)

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Year	Value
2031	0.25	Forecast
2030	0.161	Forecast
2029	0.108	Forecast
2028	-0.273	Forecast
2027	-0.338	Forecast
2026	-0.313	Forecast
2025	-0.488
2024	-1.20
2023	-3.65
2022	-5.53
2021	-11.9
2020	-7.11
2019	-1.68
2018	-3.28
2017	-6.05
2016	-2.61

Sources

IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Bahamas documentation (PDF)

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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