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Current account balance — Bahamas

Current account balance in the Bahamas in 2031 — -5.9%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 188. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 5.3 pp.

2031 -5.9% +0.2 pp vs 2030
World rank 159of 188
Period maximum 5.6%1993
Period minimum -22%2020

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Bahamas, 1980–2031-30-20-1001019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -0.6%1981: -3.1%1982: -2.2%1983: -1.2%1984: -1.3%1985: -1%1986: -0.8%1987: -1.2%1988: -1.4%1989: -1.7%1990: -0.8%1991: -3.5%1992: 0.6%1993: 5.6%1994: 3.8%1995: 2.3%1996: 0.3%1997: -5.4%1998: -10.1%1999: 1.4%2000: -1.5%2001: -3.8%2002: 0.1%2003: -0.2%2004: 1.6%2005: -3.1%2006: -10.1%2007: -9%2008: -8.3%2009: -8.1%2010: -7.9%2011: -10.9%2012: -14.3%2013: -14.5%2014: -19.7%2015: -12.5%2016: -12.4%2017: -13.3%2018: -9.4%2019: -2.1%2020: -22%2021: -20.2%2022: -8.9%2023: -7%2024: -7.6%2025: -10%2026: -9.1%2027: -8.4%2028: -7.5%2029: -6.7%2030: -6.1%2031: -5.9%
Change over the period: −5.3 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas -5.9%
World computed 0.28%
Latin America & Caribbean computed -1.17%
High-income countries computed 0.13%
Current account balance — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -5.9 +0.2 pp
2030 -6.1 +0.6 pp
2029 -6.7 +0.8 pp
2028 -7.5 +0.9 pp
2027 -8.4 +0.7 pp
2026 -9.1 +0.9 pp
2025 -10 −2.4 pp
2024 -7.6 −0.6 pp
2023 -7 +1.9 pp
2022 -8.9 +11.3 pp
2021 -20.2 +1.8 pp
2020 -22 −19.9 pp
2019 -2.1 +7.3 pp
2018 -9.4 +3.9 pp
2017 -13.3 −0.9 pp
2016 -12.4 +0.1 pp
2015 -12.5 +7.2 pp
2014 -19.7 −5.2 pp
2013 -14.5 −0.2 pp
2012 -14.3 −3.4 pp
2011 -10.9 −3 pp
2010 -7.9 +0.2 pp
2009 -8.1 +0.2 pp
2008 -8.3 +0.7 pp
2007 -9 +1.1 pp
2006 -10.1 −7 pp
2005 -3.1 −4.7 pp
2004 1.6 +1.8 pp
2003 -0.2 −0.3 pp
2002 0.1 +3.9 pp
2001 -3.8 −2.3 pp
2000 -1.5 −2.9 pp
1999 1.4 +11.5 pp
1998 -10.1 −4.7 pp
1997 -5.4 −5.7 pp
1996 0.3 −2 pp
1995 2.3 −1.5 pp
1994 3.8 −1.8 pp
1993 5.6 +5 pp
1992 0.6 +4.1 pp
1991 -3.5 −2.7 pp
1990 -0.8 +0.9 pp
1989 -1.7 −0.3 pp
1988 -1.4 −0.2 pp
1987 -1.2 −0.4 pp
1986 -0.8 +0.2 pp
1985 -1 +0.3 pp
1984 -1.3 −0.1 pp
1983 -1.2 +1 pp
1982 -2.2 +0.9 pp
1981 -3.1 −2.5 pp
1980 -0.6 —

Caribbean, 2031

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AW Aruba 4.7 TT Trinidad and Tobago 4.3 JM Jamaica 0.5 LC Saint Lucia -1.1 DO Dominican Republic -1.7 HT Haiti -2.1 BB Barbados -5.2 BS Bahamas -5.9 AG Antigua and Barbuda -9.4 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis -11.9 GD Grenada -14.1 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -16.1 DM Dominica -16.5
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About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

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Finance Current account balance in US dollars

How much more a country receives from abroad than it pays out there. A minus means it pays more.

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Bahamas by year Finance International reserves

The gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.

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