Bahamas, year by year

Every index this site holds for Bahamas, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.762 in 1990 to 0.820 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 74.7 years2024at birthUp 1.3 years from 73.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 92%2024of people onlineUp 66 points from 26% in 2006
Urban population: 81%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 1 point from 82% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.372024births per womanDown 0.64 from 2.01 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 1%2022of energy usedDown 1 point from 2% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 112024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 3 from 15 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 3.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1.1 t from 2.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 51%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 10 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.762	70.9	—	—	2.52	0.0	100	20	3.9	50.9	—	—
1991	0.762	71.2	—	80.5	2.51	0.0	100	19	3.5	50.9	—	—
1992	0.762	71.3	—	80.6	2.71	0.0	100	18	3.0	50.9	—	—
1993	0.763	71.4	—	80.7	2.61	0.0	100	17	3.0	50.9	—	—
1994	0.765	71.4	—	80.7	2.47	0.0	100	16	3.3	50.9	—	—
1995	0.774	71.4	1.0	80.7	2.42	0.0	100	16	3.7	50.9	—	—
1996	0.779	71.5	1.8	80.8	2.35	0.0	100	15	4.1	50.9	—	—
1997	0.773	71.6	1.4	80.8	2.29	0.0	100	14	4.0	50.9	—	—
1998	0.777	71.8	2.3	80.9	2.23	0.0	100	14	4.6	50.9	—	—
1999	0.783	72.2	3.8	81.0	2.13	0.0	100	14	4.1	50.9	—	—
2000	0.787	72.5	8.0	81.0	2.06	0.0	100	14	3.1	50.9	—	—
2001	0.790	72.8	11.8	81.2	2.02	0.4	100	14	3.0	50.9	—	—
2002	0.793	73.0	18.0	81.3	1.98	0.4	100	14	3.3	50.9	—	—
2003	0.794	73.2	20.0	81.5	1.97	1.5	100	14	2.4	50.9	—	—
2004	0.795	73.2	22.0	81.7	1.98	1.6	100	14	2.6	50.9	—	—
2005	0.798	73.4	25.0	81.9	2.01	1.7	100	15	2.5	50.9	—	—
2006	0.800	73.5	26.0	82.0	2.02	2.0	100	14	3.1	50.9	29185	30402
2007	0.801	73.5	27.0	82.2	2.04	3.5	100	14	3.7	50.9	30052	31232
2008	0.801	73.4	31.5	82.3	2.00	2.0	100	14	3.8	50.9	29392	30679
2009	0.800	73.5	33.9	82.4	2.01	1.5	100	14	3.1	50.9	27513	29197
2010	0.801	73.5	43.0	82.4	1.84	1.3	100	13	3.5	50.9	27473	29625
2011	0.802	73.6	65.0	82.4	1.79	1.4	100	13	2.3	50.9	27091	30074
2012	0.805	73.7	71.8	82.4	1.76	1.4	100	13	2.7	50.9	28552	31036
2013	0.805	73.9	72.0	82.4	1.74	1.4	100	13	2.9	50.9	27643	30294
2014	0.807	74.0	76.9	82.3	1.69	1.4	100	12	3.0	50.9	29137	31726
2015	0.807	73.8	78.0	82.3	1.57	1.4	100	12	2.9	50.9	30719	32138
2016	0.808	74.0	80.0	82.2	1.50	1.2	100	12	3.2	50.9	30617	32285
2017	0.810	74.0	80.6	82.1	1.42	1.1	100	12	3.5	50.9	31875	34282
2018	0.812	74.1	83.0	82.0	1.40	1.1	100	12	3.1	50.9	32642	35228
2019	0.800	71.4	90.7	81.8	1.40	1.1	100	16	3.7	50.9	33640	36116
2020	0.797	73.0	92.4	81.7	1.39	1.4	100	12	3.0	50.9	26179	27205
2021	0.794	70.8	92.3	81.5	1.38	1.1	100	12	3.7	50.9	30368	31065
2022	0.818	74.5	92.3	81.3	1.38	1.1	100	12	3.5	50.9	34957	36786
2023	0.820	74.5	92.4	81.3	1.37	—	100	11	3.5	50.9	38232	39122
2024	—	74.7	92.5	81.3	1.37	—	100	11	3.6	—	39455	41258
2025	—	—	—	81.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
On the profile	0.820	74.7	92.5	81.3	1.37	1.1	—	—	3.6	50.9	39455	41258

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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