Bahamas, The
Bahamas, The in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Bahamas, The recorded GDP per capita: 39,455 (2024), ranking 42 of 212 worldwide; Population: 403,033 (2025), ranking 175 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 74.7 (2024), ranking 109 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 0.41% (2024), ranking 165 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+9228%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-92%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
It sits close to the world median across the measures below. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 9 of 19 comparable series are higher and 8 are lower.
Its population of 403,033 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 403,033 | 2025 | +246.5% |
| Population growth | 0.44% | 2025 | -91.2% |
| Urban population | 81.33% | 2025 | +41.2% |
| GDP | 15,832,800,000 | 2024 | +9227.9% |
| GDP per capita | 39,455.45 | 2024 | +2603.8% |
| GDP growth | 3.38% | 2024 | -68.3% |
| Life expectancy | 74.71 | 2024 | +19.6% |
| Infant mortality | 11.1 | 2024 | -56.0% |
| Inflation | 0.41% | 2024 | -92.5% |
| CO2 per capita | 3.64 | 2024 | -53.3% |
| Labor participation | 73.78% | 2025 | +2.8% |
| Unemployment | 9.21% | 2025 | -24.3% |
| GDP (PPP) | 16,556,039,743.56 | 2024 | +202.8% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 41,257.77 | 2024 | +108.2% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | 0.0% |
| Internet users | 92.47% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 50.94% | 2023 | 0.0% |
| Health spending | 6.3% | 2023 | +65.6% |
| Education spending | 2.74% | 2023 | +22.8% |