Bahamas




General Information

source: UN data

Region  Caribbean
Population (000, 2025) 403
Pop. density (per km2, 2025) 752
Capital city  Nassau
Capital city pop. (000, 2025) 2,797
UN membership date  181,973
Surface area (km2) 13,940
Sex ratio (m per 100 f) 912
National currency  Bahamian Dollar (BSD)
Exchange rate (per US$) 1
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 14,338
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices) 26
GDP per capita (current US$) 358,960
Economy: Agriculturee,f (% of Gross Value Added) 5
Economy: Industrye,g (% of Gross Value Added) 98
Economy: Services and other activitye,h (% of GVA) 897
Employment in agriculturei (% of employed) 29
Employment in industryi (% of employed) 122
Employment in servicesi (% employed) 849
Unemployment (% of labour force) 84
Labour force participation ratei (female/male pop. %) 662,779
CPI: Consumer Price Indexi (2010=100) 130
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100) 99
International trade: exports (million current US$) 433
International trade: imports (million current US$) 4,498
International trade: balance (million current US$) 4,065
Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 1,053
Population growth rate (average annual %) 4
Urban population (% of total population) ...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %) ...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 14
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years) 785,712
Population age distributionm (0-14/60+ years old, %) 175,176
International migrant stockn (000/% of total pop.) 673,168
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000) 8
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 122
Health: Current expenditurei,p,q (% of GDP) 72
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.) ...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 779,789
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio  (f/m per 100 pop.) 1,171,898
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 741,690
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.) 322
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 18
Individuals using the Interneti (per 100 inhabitants) 948
Threatened species (number) 155
Forested area (% of land area) 509
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita) 3,076
Energy production, primary (Petajoules) 0
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules) 106
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000) 1,452
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%) 298

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