Tax revenue in Bahamas

Central government tax revenue in Bahamas was equal to 17.3% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bahamas, 2024 17.3% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 16.2%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue 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.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period BahamasWorld
2024 17.3% 13.9%
2023 16.2% 13.9%
2022 15.5% 14.5%
2021 13.4% 14.3%
2020 17.9% 13.7%
2019 16.6% 13.8%
2018 14.3% 13.9%
2017 14.8% 14.2%
2016 14.1% 13.9%
2015 12.7% 14.0%
2014 11.3% 14.0%
2013 11.8% 14.0%
2012 12.0% 13.8%
2011 13.0% 13.7%
2010 10.8% 13.3%
2009 11.3% 13.1%
2008 12.1% 14.3%
2007 11.4% 14.8%
2006 11.2% 14.5%
2005 10.0% 14.1%
2004 9.4% 14.5%
2003 9.3% 14.4%
2002 9.0% 14.6%
2001 9.9% –
2000 10.7% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 16.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.3%, the figure has changed by +6.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 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: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics