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Bahamas

The Bahamas ( bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes The Bahamas' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space. The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when he landed on the island of San Salvador. Later, the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to and enslaved them on Hispaniola, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, nearly all nativ... [More]
  • Last : 27,434.92
  • High : 27,873.78
  • Low : 27,347.79
  • Max Fluctuation : 217.11
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.32%
  • Open : 27,843.21
  • Time : 04:25:42
  • Yesterday : 27,843.21
  • Change % : 1.49%
  • Change : 408.29
  • Last : 1,824.14 (BSD)
  • High : 1,829.2
  • Low : 1,821.29
  • Max Fluctuation : 3.78
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.1%
  • Open : 1,827.62
  • Time : 04:24:56
  • Yesterday : 1,827.6
  • Change % : 0.19%
  • Change : 3.46
  • Last : 88.34 (BSD)
  • High : 88.72
  • Low : 88.28
  • Max Fluctuation : 0.07
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.12%
  • Open : 88.72
  • Time : 04:24:56
  • Yesterday : 88.72
  • Change % : 0.43%
  • Change : 0.38
  • Last : 0.9547 (BSD)
  • High : 0.9554
  • Low : 0.9523
  • Max Fluctuation : -
  • Max Fluctuation % : -
  • Open : 0.9543
  • Time : 04:25:23
  • Yesterday : 0.9543
  • Change % : 0.04%
  • Change : 0.0004

Bahamas Currency Markets

Indicator Value Previous Low High Change Change % Time Chart
EUR/BSD Ask 1.0609 - 1.0609 1.0679 0.00 0.00% 2023/10/02 Time 17:03
GBP/BSD Ask 1.2239 - 1.2239 1.2351 0.00 0.00% 2023/10/02 Time 17:03
BSD/GBP Ask 0.828 - 0.8204 0.828 0.00 0.00% 2023/10/02 Time 17:03
USD/BSD Ask 1.0071 - 1.0071 1.0109 0.00 0.00% 2023/10/02 Time 16:58
BSD/USD Ask 0.9997 - 0.9997 1 0.00 0.00% 2022/05/31 Time 15:59

Economic Indicators + Forecasts

  • Actual

  • Forecast

Indicator Last Time Previous Metric
Balance of Trade
-694 23 Jun -841 BSD Million
Bank Lending Rate
11.19 23 Jun 11.37 percent
Building Permits
424 22 Sep 431 Units
Consumer Price Index CPI
121 23 Jun 121 points
Coronavirus Cases
38084 23 May 38003 Persons
Coronavirus Deaths
822 22 Jul 821 Persons
Coronavirus Vaccination Rate
89.36 23 May 89.29 doses per 100 people
Coronavirus Vaccination Total
366359 23 May 366083 doses
Corporate Tax Rate
0 22 Dec 0 percent
Corruption Index
64 22 Dec 64 Points
Corruption Rank
30 22 Dec 30
Credit Rating
37 23 Jul
Currency
1 23 Oct 1
Current Account
-201 23 Jun -223 BSD Million
Current Account to GDP
-14.2 22 Dec -22.6 percent of GDP
Deposit Interest Rate
0.52 22 Dec 0.52 percent
Ease of Doing Business
119 19 Dec 118
Exports
305 23 Jun 175 BSD Million
External Debt to GDP
42.1 21 Dec 40.7 percent of GDP
Foreign Exchange Reserves
2731 23 Aug 2736 BSD Million
GDP
12.9 22 Dec 11.53 USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate
12.25 22 Dec 5.55 percent
GDP per capita
30054 22 Dec 26412 USD
GDP per capita PPP
34197 22 Dec 30053 USD
Government Budget
-13.6 21 Dec -7.3 percent of GDP
Government Debt to GDP
88.6 22 Dec 93 percent of GDP
IP Addresses
80351 17 Mar 76420 IP
Imports
999 23 Jun 1016 BSD Million
Inflation Rate
3.1 23 Jun 3.6 percent
Inflation Rate Mom
0.1 23 Jun 0.4 percent
Interest Rate
4 23 Jul 4 percent
Internet Speed
7933 17 Mar 7936 KBps
Money Supply M0
372 21 Jun 380 BSD Million
Money Supply M1
3728 21 Jun 3615 BSD Million
Money Supply M2
7773 21 Jun 7634 BSD Million
Money Supply M3
9187 23 Aug 9222 BSD Million
Personal Income Tax Rate
0 23 Dec 0 percent
Population
0.4 21 Dec 0.39 Million
Private Sector Credit
5364 23 Aug 5349 BSD Million
Tourist Arrivals
860 23 Jul 794 Thousand
Unemployment Rate
10.1 22 Dec 11.7 percent
Indicator Actual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Metric
Bank Lending Rate 11.19 11.69 11.69 11.69 11.69 percent
Consumer Price Index CPI 121 122 123 124 125 points
Currency 1 1 1 1 1
Current Account to GDP -14.2 -9 -8 -6 percent of GDP
Deposit Interest Rate 0.52 1.02 percent
GDP 12.9 12.37 12.74 14.21 USD Billion USD Billion
GDP Annual Growth Rate 12.25 3.3 3.3 3.3 percent
GDP per capita 30054 30285 31193 33095 USD USD
GDP per capita PPP 34197 30888 30809 37657 USD USD
Government Budget -13.6 -3.3 -3 percent of GDP
Government Debt to GDP 88.6 85 84 83 percent of GDP
Inflation Rate 3.1 2 2.3 2.3 3.3 percent
Inflation Rate Mom 0.1 0.1 0.1 percent
Interest Rate 4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 percent
Population 0.4 0.4 0.41 0.41 Million Million
Unemployment Rate 10.1 9.8 percent