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Bahamas vs Brazil: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 100 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Bahamas
bhs
Leads on 35 of 100 metrics
Brazil
bra
Leads on 54 of 100 metrics

Summary

Comparing Bahamas and Brazil: Brazil leads on Agricultural land (2.37 million sq. km) against Bahamas (130 sq. km); Bahamas leads on Oil Consumption (35,000) against Brazil (2.65); Bahamas leads on Major Urban Areas Population (280,000 people) against Brazil (22.62 people). Across 100 compared metrics, Bahamas wins on 35 and Brazil wins on 54.

  • Communications: 5 metrics compared
  • Economy: 43 metrics compared
  • Environment: 6 metrics compared
  • Geography: 5 metrics compared
  • Government: 4 metrics compared
  • Health: 9 metrics compared
  • Military and Security: 1 metric compared
  • People and Society: 23 metrics compared
  • Transportation: 4 metrics compared

Communications

5 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)94.82 %★84.15 %
Internet Userspercent of population: 95% (2023 est.)percent of population: 84% (2023 est.)
Radios215,000★71
Televisions67,000★36.5
Waterwaysnone50,000

Economy

43 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country42.76M $183.08B $★
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars19.15B $2.67T $★
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)4.5 %7 %★
Coal Revenue00.01★
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)4.25 %46.92 %★
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)6.3 % of GDP9.5 % of GDP★
Ease of Doing Business Index59.159.1
Electricity Consumption1.65509.1★
Electricity Exports0219★
Electricity from Fossil Fuels100★17
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants064★
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels01★
Electricity from Other Renewables018★
Electricity Imports041.31★
Electricity Installed Capacity577,000★150.8
Electricity Production1.78567.9★
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)104.41 USD per capita★48.89 USD per capita
Gross Fixed Investment29.9★18.4
Gross National Saving11.415★
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)12.5 %★3.3 %
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)0.4 %★4.4 %
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)0.7 % of GDP1.1 % of GDP★
Natural Gas Consumption48,020★34.35
Natural Gas Exports0134.5★
Natural Gas Imports48,020★10.51
Natural Gas Production023.96★
Natural Gas Proved Reserves0377.4★
Oil Consumption35,000★2.65
Oil Exportstransshipments of 41,610 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 84699,000
Oil Imports70,990720,000★
Oil Production02.75★
Oil Proved Reserves012.86★
Population Below Poverty Line9.3 people4.2 people★
Public Debt73.7★83
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)3.4 USD3.4 USD
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption20,040★2.96
Refined Petroleum Products Exports0279,000★
Refined Petroleum Products Imports19,150490,400★
Refined Petroleum Products Production02.81★
Remittances0.4★0.2
Revenue from Forest Resources0.010.62★
Taxes and Other Revenues16.2★14
Unemployment Rate8.5 %7.7 %★

Environment

6 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)113,557-980,384★
Carbon Dioxide Emissions2.99★437.77
Continental Shelf200200
Population Distributionmost of the population lives in urban areas, with two thirds living on New Providence Island where Nassau is locatedthe vast majority of people live along or near the Atlantic coast in the east; the population core is in the southeast, anchored by the cities of S o Paolo, Bras lia, and Rio de Janeiro
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country0 Cubic meters per year645.6 Cubic meters per year★
Total Renewable Water Resources700★8.65

Geography

5 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization1.43 %★0.64 %
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)39.8171.92★
Agricultural land130 sq. km2.37M sq. km★
Coastline Length (km)3,542 km7,491 km★
Irrigated Land1091,833★

Government

4 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Rule of Law Index by Country56.99 %★37.95 %
Administrative Divisions31★26
Independence10★7
Suffrage Participation Rate18voluntary between 16 to 18 years of age, over 70, and if illiterate; compulsory between 18 to 70 years of age note: military conscripts by law cannot vote

Health

9 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)45.535.31★
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)8.910.6★
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)7.1 % of GDP9.9 % of GDP★
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate1.3 %0.6 %★
Hospital Bed Density2.7 people/sq km★2.5 people/sq km
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)76 %67 %★
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)31.6 %22.1 %★
People Living With HIV/AIDS4,700★930,000
Underweight Children Under 5NANA

Military and Security

1 metric
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)2,000762,000★

People and Society

23 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Currently married (Percent)39.77 %55.24 %★
Life expectancy at birth80.11 years80.44 years★
Median age of population35.65 years★35.25 years
Population Change2,272.7 persons856,607.6 persons★
Population density75.52 per sq. km25.56 per sq. km★
Total population404,782 persons213.63M persons★
Birth Rate (%)13.1 %★13.04 %
Death Rate (%)5.44 %★7.07 %
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)2.7 % of GDP5.6 % of GDP★
Female population of reproductive age107,433.1 persons55.29M persons★
Labor Force Participation Rate237,100★106.79
Length of paid parental leave for mother0 days0 days
Major Urban Areas Population280,000 people★22.62 people
Mean Male Height (cm)172.75173.55★
Military Service Age and Obligation1818
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization82.54 %★79.8 %
Physician Density1.9 people/sq km2.36 people/sq km★
Population Growth Rate1.08 %★0.58 %
Total deaths3,193.3 persons★1.41M persons
Total demand for family planning (Percent)55.26 %72.6 %★
Total fertility rate1.36 per woman1.59 per woman★
Total net-migration1,164.7 persons★-225,796.9 persons
Under-five mortality rate12.08 per live births★13.14 per live births

Transportation

4 metrics
Metric🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇷 BrazilShare
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)4.6★0.46
Airports545,297★
Civil Air Travel11198★
Heliports91,871★

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