International Rankings of Bahamas The 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bahamas, The, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bahamas, The, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	23.74	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	129	82295	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	39	85.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	164	282739	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	26.29	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	137	91129	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	122.76	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	170	425507	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	142	2.460 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	140	2.139 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	2.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	154	1.909 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	99	17.560 billion US Dollars	2013
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	64	59	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	92	60	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	56	87	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	128	53	2020
Exports	172	550.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	139	12.160 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	101	33.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	99	13.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	75	68.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	79	41.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	41	26.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	128	2.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	161	7.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	9	90.00 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	39	29	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	99	22.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	41	1.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	148	3.180 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	35	5.80 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	72	1.40 %	2017
Labor force	168	196900 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	124	3 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	104	11 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	107	49 %	N/A
Population below poverty line	137	9 %	2010
Public debt	71	54.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	154	14.450 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	100	1.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	52	37101 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	125	1.522 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	130	17.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	56	10.10 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	145	3.089 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	144	1.654 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	140	577000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	136	1.778 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	106	48020 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	77	48020 cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	120	20040	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	123	19150 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	141	2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	113	18 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	187	1	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	44	51	2018
Land use - other	44	47	2018
Total renewable water resources	161	700.000 million	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.02	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	35	83	2021
Geography
Area - land	165	10010 sq km	N/A
Area - total	159	13880 sq km	N/A
Area - water	73	3870 sq km	N/A
Coastline	35	3542 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	191	1 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	140	10 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	187	1	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	44	51	2018
Land use - other	44	47	2018
Total renewable water resources	160	700.000 million	2017
Population Density	170	35.23 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	112	14.91	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	44	43.56	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	81	10.75	0391
Birth rate	111	14.78 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	48	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	124	6.34 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	80	11.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	74	9.10 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	140	41.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	114	30.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	9	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	1 % of population	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	26	1.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	91	4700	2020
Hospital bed density	39	3.00 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	104	12.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	119	13.49 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	106	13.05 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	84	79 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	96	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	95	76 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	74	70.00	2017
Median age - female	73	34 years	2020
Median age - male	72	32 years	N/A
Median age - total	70	33 years	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	20	31.60 %	2016
Physicians density	80	2.01 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	173	352655	2021
Population growth rate	97	0.84 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	18	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	90	2 % of population	2017
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.86	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	48	0.63 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	88	1.98 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	37	32	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	46	21	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	41	26	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.02	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	35	83	2021
Transportation
Airports	75	54	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	31	13	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	54	24	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	61	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	51	17	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	125	160000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	94	1.197 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	73	35.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	23	5	2020
Roadways - paved	114	1620 km	2011
Roadways - total	130	2700 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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