THE BAHAMAS:  Some basic figures
A. Socio-Economic indicators:	1990		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population			314,451	318,762	323,063	327,146	330,000
GDP (US$ billions)			5.3	5.3	5.5	6	6.6
GDP per capita (US$)			16,571	16,728	17,497	18,000	20,000
GDP growth rate (1990-2004)	0.30
Total external debt (US $ million)					342.6
Total debt service (as % of GDP)
Total debt service (as % of exports of goods & services)
Rate of unemployment (%):						7.6
Rate of inflation (%)
Life expectancy at birth (years)			69.7	70.2	72.3
% Adult Literary rate (age 15+)			95.5		95.6
% people living below the poverty line				9.3
Prevalence of HIV (% of population aged 15-49)			3	3	3.3
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)	3.4		3.4	3
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)			3.5	3.4
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)	4.0		3.6
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	0.8		0.7	0.7	0.7
Total Net Official Development Assistance (US$ million)	3.15		3.91	4.78
Foreign Direct Investment (US$ million)			190.2	273.6	360.3
Workers' remittances & compensation of employees (US $ million)
B. Other Key Indicators/Indices & Rank
Human Development Index (rank among countries)*	28		50	52	49
Overall Economic Freedom Index (rank among countries)			17	20	15	19
Fiscal Freedom (scale 0 to 100)**			96.9	97.1	96.7	96.8
Investment Freedom (scale 0 to 100)**			50	50	50	40
Freedom from corruption (scale 0 to 100)**			70	70	70	70
Corruption Perception Index (rank among countries)***
Footnotes:
* Among 173 in 1990, and 177 countries for the years 2003-2005
** 100 represents the maximum freedom
*** Ranking among 179 countries with 1 being the least corrupt and 179 the most corrupt
Sources:
http://www.stats.oecd.org/
http://www.heritage.org/
http://www.transparency.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://www.worldbank.org
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html