International Rankings of Bahamas The 2022, 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	32	21	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	126	83000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	19	87 %	2020
Internet users - total	161	342126	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	23	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	132	91000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	119	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	167	466000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	140	2.460 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	138	2.139 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	51	2.6 % of GDP	0
Exports	44	1.690 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	137	12.160 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	97	33.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	94	13 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	73	68 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	76	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	39	26.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	122	2.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	153	7.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	9	90 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	99	22 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	41	1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	34	5.8 %	2017
Labor force	164	196900 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	117	3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	100	11 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	101	49 %	0
Population below poverty line	132	9.3	2010
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	151	12.100 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	41	30800 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	124	17.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	34	31.6	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	43	20.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	33	25.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	119	7000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	125	3.976 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	140	2.103 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	142	578000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	192	245000 kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	3	99.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	37	140.505 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	116	4.417 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	84	4.417 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	127	25800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	122	19150 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	139	1.79 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	162	0.23 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	110	17.56 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	178	1.4	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	41	51.4	2018
Land use - other	42	47.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	0.2	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	157	700.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	32	83.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	158	10010 sq km	0
Area - total	153	13880 sq km	0
Area - water	15	3.870 million sq km	0
Coastline	33	3542 km	0
Elevation - highest point	179	1.364 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	144	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	178	1.4	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	41	51.4	2018
Land use - other	42	47.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	0.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	107	14.91	5945
Age structure - 25-54 years	41	43.56	7119
Age structure - 55-64 years	76	10.75	0391
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	37	3.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	41	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	16	4.08 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	25	9.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	42	1.43 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	110	14.64 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	2022
Current health expenditure	54	5.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	112	6.41 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	86	11.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	78	8.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	155	39.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	127	27.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	2022
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2022
Drinking water source - unimproved	50	1.1 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	56	2.8 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	40	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	100	12.33 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	115	13.22 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	103	12.78 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	79	79.14 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	90	73.2 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	81	76.13 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	73	70 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	71	34 years	2020
Median age - male	70	31.7 years	0
Median age - total	66	32.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	74	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	17	31.6 %	2016
Physicians density	80	1.94 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	169	355608	2022
Population growth rate	87	0.82 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	17	98.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - total	115	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	76	1.8 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	47	0.5 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	86	2.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	99	18.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	99	10.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	83	1.98 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	32	83.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	34	31.6	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	43	20.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	33	25.8	0
Transportation
Airports	75	54	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	31	13	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	52	24	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	16	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	61	37	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	51	17	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	19	1323	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	123	160000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	92	1.197 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	71	35	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	23	5	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	112	1620 km	2011
Roadways - total	128	2700 km	2011
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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