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Bahamas — Central government deficit

millions of BSD · Annual · 1970–2024 · 52 observations

About this series

The central government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock.

For the Bahamas, the central government deficit reading stood at −194.07M BSD in 2024. Against −533.79M BSD in 2023, the period change was +339.72M BSD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −1.23% in 2024.

-1.50B-1.00B-500.00M0500.00M197020152024BSDSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2014–2024

PeriodValue
2024-194.07M BSD
2023-533.79M BSD
2022-721.75M BSD
2021-1.34B BSD
2020-811.66M BSD
6 earlier values, back to 2014
2019-219.31M BSD
2018-414.89M BSD
2017-660.73M BSD
2016-309.98M BSD
2015-383.33M BSD
2014-487.57M BSD
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.