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Bahamas (The Bahamas) Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Bahamas (The Bahamas) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Bahamas indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Bahamian Dollar
Currency Symbol: BSD

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Bahamas (The Bahamas), Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bahamas in year 2010 is -12.425 %

This makes Bahamas No. 155 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Bahamas is 9.75 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bahamas was -11.67 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bahamas in 2010 was or will be 6.51% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bahamas was or will be -14.95 %, which is 20.34% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bahamas, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -11.983
  2015 -12.574
  2014 -13.005
  2013 -13.607
  2012 -14.309
  2011 -14.952
2010 -12.425
  2009 -11.666
  2008 -15.937
  2007 -17.811
  2006 -19.612
  2005 -9.922
  2004 -2.823
  2003 -5.412
  2002 -7.445
  2001 -10.653
  2000 -11.531
  1999 -4.668
  1998 -21.122
  1997 -15.655
  1996 -7.372
  1995 -4.245
  1994 -0.944
  1993 3.617
  1992 2.582
  1991 -2.018
  1990 -1.375
  1989 -2.8
  1988 -2.196
  1987 -1.881
  1986 -1.225
  1985 -1.622
  1984 -2.131
  1983 -1.848
  1982 -3.448
  1981 -4.889
  1980 -0.938