The Bahamas - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in The Bahamas was 6,138,814,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,138,814,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 773,100,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 773,100,000
1991 870,400,000
1992 952,300,000
1993 1,064,700,000
1994 1,136,300,000
1995 1,165,800,000
1996 1,235,100,000
1997 1,375,629,000
1998 1,431,678,000
1999 1,509,200,000
2000 1,514,500,000
2006 2,386,277,000
2007 2,469,300,000
2008 2,678,900,000
2009 3,084,771,000
2010 3,400,915,000
2011 3,552,942,000
2012 3,905,694,000
2013 4,689,267,000
2014 5,158,420,000
2015 5,655,150,000
2016 6,138,814,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in The Bahamas was 51.19 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 51.19 in 2016, while its lowest value was 18.75 in 2000.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 24.42
1991 27.98
1992 30.63
1993 34.43
1994 34.87
1995 34.00
1996 34.22
1997 21.72
1998 20.95
1999 19.64
2000 18.75
2006 23.47
2007 23.26
2008 25.45
2009 30.90
2010 33.69
2011 35.28
2012 36.43
2013 44.68
2014 46.29
2015 47.56
2016 51.19

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance