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Bahamas, The — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Bahamas, The, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.21%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -24.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Bahamas, The was 9.21% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.18% in 2013. The lowest was 6.87% in 2001 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.82% per year.
Bahamas, The ranks 43 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Bahamas, The sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 43% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.21%
First (1991)
12.17%
Change
-24.3%
Highest
16.18%
in 2013
Lowest
6.87%
in 2001
Average
10.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.82%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.21% |
| 2024 | 9.05% |
| 2023 | 8.65% |
| 2022 | 9.25% |
| 2021 | 11.08% |
| 2020 | 12.02% |
| 2019 | 9.34% |
| 2018 | 10% |
| 2017 | 9.8% |
| 2016 | 12.7% |
| 2015 | 12% |
| 2014 | 13.8% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.