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Labor Force Participation Rate for Bahamas, The, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
73.78%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +2.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Bahamas, The was 73.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 74.40% in 2019. The lowest was 68.08% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.08% per year.
Bahamas, The ranks 19 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Bahamas, The sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
73.78%
First (1990)
71.75%
Change
+2.8%
Highest
74.40%
in 2019
Lowest
68.08%
in 2020
Average
73.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.08%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.78% |
| 2024 | 74% |
| 2023 | 74.13% |
| 2022 | 74.15% |
| 2021 | 69.66% |
| 2020 | 68.08% |
| 2019 | 74.4% |
| 2018 | 74.3% |
| 2017 | 74.16% |
| 2016 | 74.03% |
| 2015 | 73.94% |
| 2014 | 73.86% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.