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Unemployment rate in Bahamas

How hard is it to have a job there?

Bahamas's unemployment rate is 9.21 % — #102 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

9.21%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Bahamas over time

16.18 %11.53 %6.87 %16.18 % · 20136.87 % · 20012000: 7.12 %2001: 6.87 %2002: 9.05 %2003: 10.84 %2004: 10.20 %2005: 10.20 %2006: 7.54 %2007: 7.88 %2008: 8.18 %2009: 14.25 %2010: 14.44 %2011: 14.52 %2012: 14.02 %2013: 16.18 %2014: 13.80 %2015: 12.00 %2016: 12.70 %2017: 9.80 %2018: 10.00 %2019: 9.34 %2020: 12.02 %2021: 11.08 %2022: 9.25 %2023: 8.64 %2024: 9.05 %2025: 9.21 %2000201220259.21 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#102 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
18 %
22 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.97 pp
peak 16.18 % in 2013
Full series
▲ 2.09 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #25 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +3.95 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Bahamas: ahead of 18 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBahamas 9.21 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Bahamas is ahead of 18 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Bahamas
100 Chile8.97 %−0.23 pp
101 Morocco9.00 %−0.21 pp
102 Bahamas9.21 %—
103 Zimbabwe9.29 %+0.09 pp
104 Finland9.46 %+0.25 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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