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Bahamas: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1973–2025 · 52 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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 7.40% (1974)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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