Investment share of GDP in Bahamas

Investment in Bahamas was equal to 26.8% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.

Bahamas, 2024 26.8% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +3.9percentage points 2023: 22.9%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 44th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP in Bahamas over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period BahamasWorld
2024 26.8% 26.3%
2023 22.9% 26.7%
2022 23.8% 27.5%
2021 24.4% 27.2%
2020 23.1% 26.5%
2019 25.4% 26.6%
2018 25.6% 26.7%
2017 27.6% 26.1%
2016 25.8% 25.7%
2015 24.6% 25.9%
2014 31.4% 25.9%
2013 29.2% 25.6%
2012 31.3% 25.5%
2011 30.2% 25.3%
2010 28.0% 24.6%
2009 28.1% 23.4%
2008 29.5% 25.5%
2007 30.5% 25.5%
2006 33.5% 25.0%
2005 27.3% 24.5%
2004 23.2% 24.1%
2003 24.3% 23.4%
2002 24.2% 23.3%
2001 26.9% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.9 percentage points from 22.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.4%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Bahamas has the 44th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1977 to 2024 for Bahamas
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices