Bank deposits to GDP in Bahamas
Bahamas: Bank deposits to GDP was 81.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank deposits to GDP in Bahamas, 1969–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank deposits to gdp in Bahamas is 81.9%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.6% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank deposits to gdp in Bahamas peaked at 81.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 1985.
Bahamas ranks 52nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Bank deposits to GDP in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 34.0% | — |
| 1970 | 30.7% | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 30.3% | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 31.0% | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 27.9% | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 29.9% | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 35.0% | +16.9% |
| 1976 | 38.4% | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 35.5% | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 34.8% | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 29.5% | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 28.9% | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 30.0% | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 31.5% | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 32.4% | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 29.6% | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 27.4% | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 28.6% | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 30.3% | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 31.7% | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 31.5% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 35.6% | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 38.9% | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 41.0% | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 48.6% | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 50.2% | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 52.0% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 52.2% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 37.1% | -29.0% |
| 1998 | 40.0% | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 39.2% | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 41.8% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 40.3% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 41.9% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 44.8% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 45.7% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 47.6% | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 50.6% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 53.9% | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 57.9% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 58.9% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 60.2% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 56.1% | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 57.2% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 54.1% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 51.0% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 53.7% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 53.7% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 56.6% | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 60.9% | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 81.9% | +34.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.0% | 34.0% | 34.0% | 1 |
| 1970s | 32.3% | 27.9% | 38.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.2% | 27.4% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.5% | 35.6% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.5% | 40.3% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 51.0% | 60.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.9% | 81.9% | 81.9% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Bahamas
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 27,293 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6917 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 1.91 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.05 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 5,097 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank deposits to gdp in Bahamas?
- Bank deposits to gdp in Bahamas was 81.9% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 1985.
- How does Bahamas rank for bank deposits to gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 52nd out of 185 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank deposits to gdp rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Bank deposits (IFS lines 24 and 25); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).