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Bahamas: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
21.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 21.0%
Average, 2016–2025
22.7%10 years
Record high and low
28.9% (2021)low 9.30% (1999)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.5Forecast
203021.7Forecast
202921.8Forecast
202822.3Forecast
202722.4Forecast
202622.3Forecast
202521.5
202421.0
202323.2
202225.6
202128.9
202024.8
201920.3
201819.4
201723.1
201619.4

Sources

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

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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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