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Bahamas
Bahamas's corporate tax is 0.00 %, the lowest of 96. And its price level is 96 % of US prices, ranked 120th of 125.
Of 17 fields published for Bahamas, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
96 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,135 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bahamas earns about $1,135 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
60.50 %
100 saved in Bahamas in 2000 buys what 61 buys today — 40 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,135 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bahamas earns about $1,135 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$1,017 PPP/mo
The law in Bahamas sets the floor at about $1,017 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.18 %
A bank account in Bahamas currently gains about 0.2 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
0.59 %
Inflation rate
0.41 %
At 0.4 % a year, prices double in about 176 years if it holds.
Debt per person
$28,290
ranked 102nd of 124
Where Bahamas sits, field by field
Each dot is Bahamas’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Corporate tax0.00 %1 of 96
- Price level96 % of US prices120 of 125
- Lending rate4.25 %7 of 67
- Deposit rate0.59 %62 of 70
- Money's value60.50 %19 of 116
- Unemployment rate9.21 %102 of 124
- Debt per person$28,290102 of 124
- GDP per capita$39,45529 of 127
- Minimum wage$1,017 PPP/mo23 of 90
- Public holidays10 days73 of 104
- Average monthly salary$1,135 PPP/mo65 of 93
- Government debt71.70 %87 of 125
- Bank spread3.66 %20 of 62
- Median salary$927 PPP/mo51 of 79
- Savings vs inflation0.18 %44 of 70
- Inflation rate0.41 %78 of 126
- GDP growth3.38 %55 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Barbados
avg gap 16.4 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 3.66 % (Bahamas) vs 7.91 %
France
avg gap 17.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 3.38 % (Bahamas) vs 0.84 %
Costa Rica
avg gap 18.3 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 60.50 % (Bahamas) vs 26.10 %
Israel
avg gap 18.3 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: corporate tax — 0.00 % (Bahamas) vs 23.00 %
| Minimum wage | $1,017 PPP/mo | ranked 23rd of 90 | |
| Public holidays | 10 days | ranked 73rd of 104 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,135 PPP/mo | ranked 65th of 93 | |
| Government debt | 71.70 % | ranked 87th of 125 | |
| Bank spread | 3.66 % | ranked 20th of 62 | |
| Median salary | $927 PPP/mo | ranked 51st of 79 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.18 % | ranked 44th of 70 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.41 % | ranked 78th of 126 | |
| GDP growth | 3.38 % | ranked 55th of 127 |
✓ 17 fields published for Bahamas, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Bahamas: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2024
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2024
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 29118 → 28290 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 73.8 → 71.7 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Money’s value since 2000 (100 = unchanged) | 61.2 → 60.5 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 28194 → 29118 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 71.4578214596313 → 73.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 1468.74 → 926.53 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 1796.08 → 1135.37 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Public holidays per year | 11 → 10 |