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Bahamas, The

Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital Nassau

Reports 15 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

74.7years

Ranks 109 of 217 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

12.4per 1,000 live births

Ranks 86 of 196 in 2024

17% below world median · 5% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

76per 100,000 live births

Ranks 120 of 194 in 2023

62% above world median · 39% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

6.30% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

about the same world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.37births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

27% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

92.9% gross

Ranks 111 of 134 in 2024

7% below world median · 5% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

2.74% of GDP

Ranks 91 of 121 in 2023

25% below world median · 27% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2024 · 2 years old

39,455current US$

Ranks 34 of 200 in 2024

4.0× above world median · 2.1× above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2024 · 2 years old

41,258international $

Ranks 60 of 195 in 2024

1.0× above world median · 60% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 195 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

9.2% of labour force

Ranks 144 of 182 in 2025

81% above world median · 54% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2024 · 2 years old

0.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

86% below world median

Medians computed across 174 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

92.5% of population

Ranks 43 of 182 in 2024

13% above world median · 16% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

3.64t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

43% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

403.0kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

94% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Bahamas, The has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Military spending, Child stunting, Adult literacy, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.