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Bahamas: Unemployment, total

8.15percent · 2024-43.8% since 2011

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Bahamas from 1973 to 2024.

19732024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20248.154
202310.346
20199.336
201810
20179.8
201612.7
201512
201413.8
201316.184
201214.7
201114.521
200914.2
20088.712
20077.853
20067.604
200510.17
200410.203
200310.835
20029.096
20016.883
19997.796
19987.854
19979.795
199611.505
199510.9
199413.3
199312.803
199214.81
199112.289
19907.774
198911.703
198811.02
198612.173
197914.7
197720.7
197521.2
19738.5

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment-total (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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