Unemployment rate: Bahamas
9.207% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.207 |
| 2024 | 9.049 |
| 2023 | 8.645 |
| 2022 | 9.25 |
| 2021 | 11.078 |
| 2020 | 12.016 |
| 2019 | 9.336 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9.8 |
| 2016 | 12.7 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13.8 |
| 2013 | 16.18 |
| 2012 | 14.02 |
| 2011 | 14.52 |
| 2010 | 14.435 |
| 2009 | 14.25 |
| 2008 | 8.18 |
| 2007 | 7.88 |
| 2006 | 7.54 |
| 2005 | 10.2 |
| 2004 | 10.2 |
| 2003 | 10.84 |
| 2002 | 9.05 |
| 2001 | 6.87 |
| 2000 | 7.118 |
| 1999 | 7.45 |
| 1998 | 7.65 |
| 1997 | 9.76 |
| 1996 | 11.46 |
| 1995 | 10.83 |
| 1994 | 13.83 |
| 1993 | 12.72 |
| 1992 | 14.81 |
| 1991 | 12.17 |