Bahamas

Statistics

GDP: purchasing power parity:

$6.098 billion (2005 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

3.5% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:

20,200 (2005 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

1.2% ( 2004)

Labor force:

176,300 (2004)

Exports:

$469.3 million (2004 est.)

Exports - partners:

US 30.8%, Spain 29.5%, Poland 9.2%, Germany 5.5%, Guatemala 4% (2005)

Imports:

$1.82 billion (2004 est.)

Imports - partners:

US 22.7%, South Korea 20.4%, Spain 7.9%, Brazil 7.2%, Italy 6.5%, Germany 5.4% (2005)

Population:

303,770

Population growth rate:

0.64% (2006 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line:

9.3% (2004)

Major Industries:

tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe

Employing Workers: *

Registering Property: *

Enforcing Contracts: *

Closing a Business: *

*2006 World Bank rank out of 175 countries

Starting a Business

The table below shows the number of steps and the amount of time needed to start a business, on average

Indicator	Bahamas	Region