Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas
Bahamas: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 17.25 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 17.25 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas peaked at 18.66 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.03, in 1982.
Bahamas ranks 114th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7.69 | — |
| 1981 | 7.74 | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 7.03 | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 7.29 | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 7.52 | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 8.03 | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 7.99 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 8.08 | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 8.18 | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 7.37 | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 8.41 | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 8.27 | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 9.36 | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 9.34 | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 10.14 | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 10.52 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 10.34 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 10.4 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 9.97 | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 10.33 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 10.68 | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 9.86 | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 9 | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 9.29 | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 9.43 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 10 | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 11.25 | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 11.36 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 12.12 | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 11.25 | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 10.88 | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 12.88 | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 11.91 | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 11.69 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 11.35 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 12.86 | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 14.27 | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 15.01 | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 14.55 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 16.89 | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 18.66 | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 14.18 | -24.0% |
| 2022 | 16.43 | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 17.25 | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.69 | 7.03 | 8.18 | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.71 | 8.27 | 10.52 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.42 | 9 | 12.12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.23 | 10.88 | 16.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.63 | 14.18 | 18.66 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More poverty & inequality data for Bahamas
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.37 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,737 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.325 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.1% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.122 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Bahamas was 17.25 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 18.66 in 2020.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.03 in 1982.
- How does Bahamas rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Bahamas ranks 114th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.