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Country or Region: Bahamas (The Bahamas) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Bahamas indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of 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

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2009 National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 2006 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Bahamian dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bahamas in year 2010 is 17.537 %

This makes Bahamas No. 96 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Bahamas is 1.10 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bahamas was 18.41 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bahamas in 2010 was or will be 4.74% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bahamas was or will be 15.44 %, which is 11.97% less than the 2010 figure.