Bahamas, The's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) was 51.03% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 26.41 percentage points from 77.44% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 51.03% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 77.44% | 2019 |
| Highest | 77.44% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 36.78% | 1979 |
| Average since 2019 | 67.92% | 2019–2024 |
| First recorded | 71.51% | 1963 |
Over five years it is down 26.41 percentage points from 77.44% in 2019. Since 1963 it is down 20.48 percentage points from 71.51% in 1963. The World Bank has no value for 37 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Bahamas, The's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) fell 24.27 percentage points on 2023 (from 75.3% to 51.03%).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2023), the average change was +4.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.66 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30.69 percentage points in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.27 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Bahamas, The had the 18th highest value of the 24 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bahamas, The | 51.03% | 2024 |
| World | 58.44% | 2019 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 63.42% | 2025 |
| High income | 61.85% | 2025 |
Closest to Bahamas, The in the 2024 ranking
- South Africa — 15th of 24: 55.57%
- Fiji — 16th of 24: 54.83%
- Trinidad and Tobago — 17th of 24: 54.53%
- Malawi — 19th of 24: 49.58%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 20th of 24: 47.96%
- Sri Lanka — 21st of 24: 47.35%
What this measures
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Limitations: Data on the labor force are compiled by the ILO from labor force surveys, censuses, and establishment censuses and surveys. For some countries a combination of these sources is used. Labor force surveys are the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable labor force data. They can cover all non-institutionalized civilians, all branches and sectors of the economy, and all categories of workers, including people holding multiple jobs. By contrast, labor force data from population censuses are often based on a limited number of questions on the economic characteristics of individuals, with little scope to probe.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.03 |
| 2023 | 75.3 |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 77.44 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Bahamas, The
- Net migration — 935 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 8.43% (2024)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 7.87% (2024)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 8.15% (2024)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 55.78% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 62.53% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 59.15% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bahamas, The's labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)?
- 51.03% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1963?
- It is down 20.48 percentage points from 71.51% in 1963. The highest value was 77.44% in 2019 and the lowest 36.78% in 1979.
- How does Bahamas, The rank?
- 18th highest of 24 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) unusual for Bahamas, The?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.CACT.NE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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