🇧🇸 Bahamas Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇧🇸 Bahamas BS / BHS #155

Nomad Score 49.0

Cities 8

Region Caribbean Community, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Digital Nomad Islands, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean

Currency BSD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 64/100

HDI 0.820

Regional Blocs CARICOM

Political Stability (2023) 85th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 56th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 88th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 62th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 52th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 74th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

Homicide Rate (2022) 32.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.7/100k

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of the Bahamas
Governor-General of the Bahamas	Dame Cynthia A. Pratt

CPI Score (2026) 64 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.