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Current account balance as % of GDP · World Bank

-6.65% +0.35% from 2023 Global rank: 40th · all-time high: 10.61% (1976)

Bahamas, The's current account balance was -6.65% in 2024, an increase of +0.35% from -7.00% in 2023. This ranked 40th globally. The all-time high was 10.61% in 1976.

APA

Bahamas, The Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 13, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/bahamas-the/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_bahamas-the_current-account,
  title = {Bahamas, The Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/bahamas-the/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Bahamas, The Current Account Balance – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-6.02%	–	–
2029* IMF	-6.34%	–	–
2028* IMF	-6.73%	–	–
2027* IMF	-7.09%	–	–
2026* IMF	-7.32%	–	–
2025* IMF	-7.58%	–	–
2024	-6.65%	+0.35%	40th
2023	-7.00%	+1.87%	43rd
2022	-8.87%	+11.35%	41st
2021	-20.22%	+1.78%	7th
2020	-22.04%	−19.93%	9th
2019	-2.60%	+6.75%	88th
2018	-8.70%	+4.58%	34th
2017	-12.65%	−0.26%	18th
2016	-5.98%	+6.51%	55th
2015	-10.16%	+9.52%	35th
2014	-16.92%	−2.45%	12th
2013	-14.26%	+0.03%	19th
2012	-14.04%	−3.10%	25th
2011	-11.95%	−4.06%	35th
2010	-8.06%	+0.03%	54th
2009	-8.10%	+0.18%	50th
2008	-11.61%	−2.62%	45th
2007	-12.39%	−2.24%	31st
2006	-13.81%	−10.71%	20th
2005	-7.12%	−8.73%	53rd
2004	-3.39%	−3.22%	78th
2003	-5.34%	−5.42%	56th
2002	-4.77%	−0.93%	53rd
2001	-7.75%	−6.24%	35th
2000	-7.84%	−9.19%	32nd
1999	-4.22%	+5.86%	72nd
1998	-14.57%	−9.21%	20th
1997	-7.46%	−7.75%	35th
1996	-7.30%	−9.61%	39th
1995	-4.25%	−8.06%	69th
1994	-1.29%	−6.91%	100th
1993	1.57%	+0.92%	137th
1992	1.15%	+4.70%	135th
1991	-5.78%	−5.01%	43rd
1990	-1.16%	+0.59%	94th
1989	-2.75%	−1.38%	69th
1988	-2.36%	−1.19%	73rd
1987	-2.02%	−1.26%	77th
1986	0.93%	+1.94%	117th
1985	-0.12%	+1.21%	103rd
1984	-4.91%	−3.76%	44th
1983	-5.81%	−3.65%	50th
1982	-7.31%	−4.26%	53rd
1981	-9.81%	−9.22%	46th
1980	-5.64%	−1.88%	52nd
1979	-3.76%	−4.05%	52nd
1978	0.29%	−3.76%	77th
1977	4.05%	−6.55%	86th
1976	10.61%	–	68th

Show all years (1976–2024)

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 11.1% Real rate -5.7%

This pattern occurred 386 times in history, 278 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Bahamas, The matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1981. Historically, 72% of countries showing this pattern (278 out of 386) saw current account balance improve within 24 months. View full analysis →