Bahamas, The — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Bahamas, The, 1960–2024.
GDP for Bahamas, The was 15.83 billion in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 169.74 million in 1960 (about 93.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.34% per year.
Bahamas, The ranks 146 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 32.08 billion, so Bahamas, The sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 42%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 25 of 40 economies; Barbados (8.02 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 75% in 1997. That is 24% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1966; grown tenfold by 1983. Doubling roughly every 9.8 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 94th of 111 in 1960 → 93rd of 146 in 1970 → 110th of 163 in 1980 → 122nd of 192 in 1990 → 102nd of 204 in 2000 → 134th of 212 in 2010 → 145th of 210 in 2020 → 139th of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,832,800,000 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 15,271,300,000 | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 13,896,800,000 | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 12,037,000,000 | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 10,363,200,000 | -21.9% |
| 2019 | 13,277,000,000 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 12,819,200,000 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 12,446,900,000 | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 11,880,900,000 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 11,837,600,000 | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 11,139,100,000 | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 10,475,300,000 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 10,720,400,000 | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 10,070,450,000 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 10,095,760,000 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 9,981,960,000 | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 10,526,000,000 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 10,618,340,000 | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 10,167,250,000 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 9,836,200,000 | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 9,055,290,000 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 8,870,090,000 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 8,881,160,000 | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 8,317,830,000 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 8,076,470,000 | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 7,683,870,000 | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 6,833,220,000 | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 6,332,360,000 | +75.5% |
| 1996 | 3,609,000,000 | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 3,429,000,000 | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,259,000,000 | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 3,092,000,000 | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 3,109,000,000 | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 3,111,160,000 | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 3,166,000,000 | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 3,062,000,000 | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 2,817,900,000 | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 2,713,999,900 | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 2,472,500,000 | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 2,320,699,900 | +13.7% |
| 1984 | 2,041,100,000 | +17.8% |
| 1983 | 1,732,800,000 | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 1,578,300,000 | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 1,426,500,000 | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 1,335,300,000 | +17.2% |
| 1979 | 1,139,800,100 | +36.9% |
| 1978 | 832,400,000 | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 713,000,000 | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 642,100,000 | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 596,200,000 | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 632,400,000 | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 670,900,000 | +13.5% |
| 1972 | 590,900,000 | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 573,400,000 | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 539,500,000 | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 538,700,000 | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 453,800,000 | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 398,000,000 | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 346,800,000 | +15.5% |
| 1965 | 300,272,048.04 | +12.6% |
| 1964 | 266,560,042.65 | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 237,650,038.02 | +12.0% |
| 1962 | 212,170,033.95 | +11.7% |
| 1961 | 190,022,030.4 | +12.0% |
| 1960 | 169,736,027.16 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Bahamas, The’s GDP in 1961?
190,022,030.4 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Bahamas, The’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Bahamas, The’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +9227.9% in total — about 7.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 15,832,800,000; 2023: 15,271,300,000; 2022: 13,896,800,000; 2021: 12,037,000,000; 2020: 10,363,200,000. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.