Bahamas vs US Virgin Islands

Bahamas and US Virgin Islands compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Bahamas has about 3.9 times as many people as US Virgin Islands: 403,033 against 103,792 in 2025.
• GDP per person in US Virgin Islands ($44,321 in 2022) is 12% higher than in Bahamas ($39,455 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Bahamas (3.4% in 2024) than in US Virgin Islands (-1.3% in 2022), a difference of 4.7 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in US Virgin Islands (11.4%) than in Bahamas (9.2%), a difference of 2.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in US Virgin Islands can expect to live 6.1 years longer than one born in Bahamas: 80.8 years against 74.7 years in 2024.
• The population of US Virgin Islands is older: half of its people are over 44.7 years, against 34.6 years in Bahamas in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Bahamas (92.5% in 2024) than in US Virgin Islands (64.4% in 2017), a difference of 28.1 percentage points.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in US Virgin Islands (58.9%) than in Bahamas (50.9%), a difference of 8 percentage points in 2024.