Population:
349,589 (2013)
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$):
29,740 (2012)
Woman as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners:
48% (2010)
Woman as % of Parliament:
12% (2000)
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons):
6.8 metric tons (2013)
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases:
73.51(2008)
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel:
99% (2011)
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating:
Not Available
Economic: Big Mac Index:
Not Available
Economic: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP):
-3.5 (2011)
Economic: Human Development Index:
0.794 (2012)
Economic: Technology Index:
Not Available
Education: Average years of School for Adults:
Not Available
Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP):
19.67% (2000)
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary):
16.06 (2005)
Education: Teacher as % of Labor Force:
Not Available
Health: Expenditure Per Capita:
$1,211 (2004)
Health: Hospital Beds per 1000:
3.4 per 1000 (2002)
Health: Physicians per 1000
1.5 per 1000 (only older data available 1998)
Media: Televisions (total number):
74,211 (from '03 data)
Media: Per Capita Televisions:
0.21228 (calculated from '03 data)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
16.04 (2011)
Labor force:
192,200 (2012)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry: 5% (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate:
14% (2012 est.)
Debt - external:
$17.56 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.8% (2013 est.)
Industries:
tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals
Exports:
$960 million (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crawfish, aragonite, crude salt, polystyrene products
Exports - partners:
Singapore 25.1%, US 20.6%, Dominican Republic 12.9%, Ecuador 9.4%, Canada 5.8%, Switzerland 4.1%, China 4.1% (2012)
Imports:
$3.245 billion (2013 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals
Imports - partners:
US 30.1%, India 20.3%, Singapore 8.7%, South Korea 6.8%, China 5%, Colombia 4.5%, Canada 4.2% (2012)
Exchange rates:
Bahamian dollars (BSD) per US dollar - 1 (2013 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.93 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
1.795 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
36,300 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use:
137,000 (2012)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
254,000 (2012)
Internet hosts:
20,661 (2012) country comparison to the world: 117
Internet users:
115,800 (2009)
Airports:
61 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 24
Roadways:
total: 823,217 km
paved: 356,343 km (2011)
Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2011)
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney
dry bulk cargo port(s): Dampier (iron ore), Dalrymple Bay (coal), Hay Point (coal), Port Hedland (iron ore), Port Walcott (iron ore)
container port(s) (TEUs): Brisbane (1,004,983), Melbourne (2,467,967), Sydney (2,028,074)(2011)