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Government debt in Bahamas

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Bahamas's government debt is 71.70 % — #87 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

71.70%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.7 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Bahamas over time

90.60 %51.90 %13.20 %90.60 % · 202113.20 % · 19901990: 13.20 %1991: 15.30 %1992: 17.90 %1993: 19.70 %1994: 20.90 %1995: 21.00 %1996: 20.70 %1997: 21.50 %1998: 20.80 %1999: 19.80 %2000: 19.20 %2001: 18.50 %2002: 19.40 %2003: 20.80 %2004: 21.60 %2005: 23.00 %2006: 23.20 %2007: 23.50 %2008: 25.30 %2009: 30.10 %2010: 33.90 %2011: 35.30 %2012: 37.60 %2013: 44.20 %2014: 47.50 %2015: 49.70 %2016: 51.10 %2017: 54.60 %2018: 61.40 %2019: 60.20 %2020: 71.80 %2021: 90.60 %2022: 84.50 %2023: 78.00 %2024: 73.00 %2025: 71.70 %19902008202571.70 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#87 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
30 %
38 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
18.90 pp
peak 90.60 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 58.50 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #17 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +17.00 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Bahamas: ahead of 30 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBahamas 71.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Bahamas is ahead of 30 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bahamas
85 Malaysia70.50 %−1.20 pp
86 Kenya71.30 %−0.40 pp
87 Bahamas71.70 %—
88 Pakistan72.80 %+1.10 pp
89 Hungary74.60 %+2.90 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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