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Government debt in Bahamas

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Bahamas's government debt is 73.80 % — #88 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

73.80%

Checked 8 Sept 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

90.70 %51.95 %13.20 %90.70 % · 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: 47.70 %2015: 49.90 %2016: 51.10 %2017: 54.60 %2018: 61.50 %2019: 60.30 %2020: 71.90 %2021: 90.70 %2022: 84.70 %2023: 78.30 %2024: 73.80 %2025: 73.80 %19902008202573.80 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#88 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
29 %
36 of 124 countries
Latest move
unchanged
since 2024
Below its peak
16.90 pp
peak 90.70 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 60.60 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #17 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +19.25 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Bahamas: ahead of 29 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBahamas 73.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Bahamas is ahead of 29 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bahamas
86 Malaysia70.70 %−3.10 pp
87 Pakistan72.80 %−1.00 pp
88 Bahamas73.80 %—
89 Hungary75.20 %+1.40 pp
90 Malawi78.40 %+4.60 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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