Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bahamas
Bahamas: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 94.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bahamas, 2007–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bahamas stood at 94.5%.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bahamas peaked at 95.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 93.1%, in 2017.
Bahamas ranks 110th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 94.9% | — |
| 2008 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 95.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 94.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 94.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 94.6% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 93.1% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 93.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.3% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 94.5% | +0.2% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 94.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 95% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 94.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.2% | 94.9% | 95.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 94.3% | 93.1% | 94.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More private sector data for Bahamas
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2024)
- Food imports 20.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 52.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 31.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 711.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,764 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0435 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bahamas?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Bahamas was 94.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.1% in 2017.
- How does Bahamas rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Bahamas ranks 110th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the cost for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.