Bahamas, The: Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 2.58 percentage points from 20.06% in 2019. Since 1990 it is down 1.96 percentage points from 19.44% in 1990. The World Bank has no value for 14 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 unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) fell 10.39 percentage points on 2023 (from 27.87% to 17.48%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2023), the average change was +0.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.88 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.39 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 12th highest value of the 20 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.

Closest to Bahamas, The in the 2024 ranking

• Albania — 9th of 20: 22.54%
• Mauritius — 10th of 20: 20%
• Luxembourg — 11th of 20: 18.14%
• Barbados — 13th of 20: 17.46%
• Mali — 14th of 20: 14.65%
• Trinidad and Tobago — 15th of 20: 11.64%

What this measures

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

Limitations: The criteria for people considered to be seeking work, and the treatment of people temporarily laid off or seeking work for the first time, vary across countries. In many cases it is especially difficult to measure employment and unemployment in agriculture. The timing of a survey can maximize the effects of seasonal unemployment in agriculture. And informal sector employment is difficult to quantify where informal activities are not tracked.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 21.15% (2025)
• Barbados — 17.46% (2024)
• Bolivia — 4.79% (2025)
• Brazil — 15.8% (2025)
• Chile — 25.45% (2025)
• Colombia — 22.38% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 25.48% (2025)
• Dominican Republic — 17.81% (2025)

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Bahamas, The's unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate)?

17.48% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 1.96 percentage points from 19.44% in 1990. The highest value was 32.18% in 2012 and the lowest 16.57% in 2001.

How does Bahamas, The rank?

12th highest of 20 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) unusual for Bahamas, The?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.1524.FE.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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