Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bahamas
Bahamas: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 86.3% in 2020. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bahamas, 1969β2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 86.3% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.3% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahamas peaked at 86.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 1971.
Bahamas ranks 60th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.3% | 37.3% | 37.3% | 1 |
| 1970s | 40.6% | 33.0% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.9% | 38.6% | 46.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.4% | 39.6% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.4% | 43.2% | 60.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.9% | 53.7% | 63.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.3% | 86.3% | 86.3% | 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)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 40.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahamas?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahamas was 86.3% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 86.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 1971.
- How does Bahamas rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 60th out of 185 countries with data for 2020.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, 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. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); 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) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.