Starting a business - Score in Bahamas
Bahamas: Starting a business - Score was 87.03 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business - Score in Bahamas, 2007–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 87.03 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Bahamas peaked at 87.03 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 81.32, in 2015.
Bahamas ranks 95th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business - Score in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 82.36 | — |
| 2008 | 82.41 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 82.58 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 84.06 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 84.07 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.11 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84.1 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.12 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 81.32 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 82.71 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 84.18 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 84.47 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.03 | +3.0% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 87.03 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 96% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 87.03 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.45 | 82.36 | 82.58 | 3 |
| 2010s | 84.02 | 81.32 | 87.03 | 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 - score in Bahamas?
- Starting a business - score in Bahamas was 87.03 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 87.03 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.32 in 2015.
- How does Bahamas rank for starting a business - score?
- Bahamas ranks 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.