International Rankings of Bahamas The 2023, 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	33	21	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	131	83000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	10	94 %	2021
Internet users - total	171	385400	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	22	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	137	91000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	115	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	173	466000	2020
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	139	2.899 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	143	2.087 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	55	2.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	164	2.592 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	99	17.560 billion US Dollars	2013
Exports	146	3.202 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	140	12.160 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	105	33.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	100	13 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	77	68 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	81	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	41	26.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	128	2.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	166	7.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	9	90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	100	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
Imports	144	4.924 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	44	8.51 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	108	2.9 %	2021
Labor force	174	224400 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	126	3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	108	11 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	111	49 %	0
Population below poverty line	141	9.3 %	2010
Public debt	37	84.45 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	160	12.323 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	11	13.72 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	67	30200 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	125	2.433 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	92	19.16 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	46	13.24 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	44	35.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	38	27.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	31	30.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	121	7000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	127	3.976 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	145	2.103 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	147	578000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	203	245000 kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	3	99.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	37	140.505 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	118	4.417 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	4.417 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	129	25800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	125	19150 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	144	1.79 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	170	0.23 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	116	17.56 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	192	1.4	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	45	51.4	2018
Land use - other	46	47.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	97	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	164	700.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	108	1.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	83.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	169	10010 sq km	0
Area - total	162	13880 sq km	0
Area - water	16	3.870 million sq km	0
Coastline	35	3542 km	0
Elevation - highest point	208	1.364 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	192	1.4	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	45	51.4	2018
Land use - other	46	47.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	46	0.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	37	3.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	42	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	17	4.08 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	27	9.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	45	1.43 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	117	14.49 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	2023
Current health expenditure	44	7.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	152	38.9 %	2023
Death rate	124	6.47 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	95	11.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	79	8.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	166	39.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	138	27.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1.1 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	58	2.8 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	72	0.97 %	2023
Hospital bed density	41	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	107	12.06 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	123	12.96 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	111	12.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	88	79.38 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	100	73.47 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	93	76.38 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	71	77 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	76	34 years	2020
Median age - male	77	31.7 years	0
Median age - total	73	32.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	81	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	20	31.6 %	2016
Physicians density	80	1.94 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	179	358508	2023
Population growth rate	93	0.8 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	17	98.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	78	1.8 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	25	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	48	0.65 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	90	2.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	102	18.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	104	10.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	89	1.97 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	108	1.02	2025
Urbanization - urban population	36	83.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	44	35.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	38	27.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	31	30.8	0
Transportation
Airports	76	54	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	14	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	0
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	13	0	0
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	14	21	0
Airports - with unpaved runways	63	371000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	19	1307	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	126	160000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	95	1.197 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	73	35	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	23	5	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	118	1620 km	2011
Roadways - total	147	2700 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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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