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"intro": {
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"background": {
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"text": "Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas has prospered through tourism, international banking, and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US and Europe, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US."
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}
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},
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"geo": {
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"location": {
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"text": "chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba"
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},
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"geographic_coordinates": {
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"text": "24 15 N, 76 00 W"
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},
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"map_references": {
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"text": "Central America and the Caribbean"
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},
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"area": {
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"total": "13,880 sq km",
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"land": "10,010 sq km",
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"water": "3,870 sq km"
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},
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"area_comparative": {
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"text": "slightly smaller than Connecticut"
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},
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"land_boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"coastline": {
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"text": "3,542 km"
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},
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"maritime_claims": {
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"territorial_sea": "12 nm",
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"exclusive_economic_zone": "200 nm"
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},
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"climate": {
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"text": "tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream"
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},
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"terrain": {
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"text": "long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills"
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},
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"elevation_extremes": {
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"lowest_point": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m",
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"highest_point": "Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m"
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},
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"natural_resources": {
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"text": "salt, aragonite, timber, arable land"
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},
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"land_use": {
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"arable_land": "0.65%",
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"permanent_crops": "0.29%",
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"other": "99.06% (2011)"
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},
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"irrigated_land": {
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"text": "10 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"total_renewable_water_resources": {
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"text": "0.02 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"natural_hazards": {
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"text": "hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage"
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},
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"environment_current_issues": {
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"text": "coral reef decay; solid waste disposal"
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},
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"environment_international_agreements": {
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"party_to": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands",
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"signed_but_not_ratified": "none of the selected agreements"
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},
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"geography_note": {
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"text": "strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited"
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}
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},
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"people": {
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"nationality": {
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"noun": "Bahamian(s)",
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"adjective": "Bahamian"
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},
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"ethnic_groups": {
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"text": "black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%"
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},
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"languages": {
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"text": "English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)"
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},
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"religions": {
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"text": "Protestant 67.6% (Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%), Roman Catholic 13.5%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)"
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},
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"population": {
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"text": "319,031 (July 2013 est.)",
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"note": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected"
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},
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"age_structure": {
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"0_14_years": "23.6% (male 38,174/female 37,066)",
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"15_24_years": "17.5% (male 28,306/female 27,562)",
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"25_54_years": "44.1% (male 70,093/female 70,608)",
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"55_64_years": "8.1% (male 11,371/female 14,355)",
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"65_years_and_over": "6.7% (male 8,233/female 13,263) (2013 est.)"
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},
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"dependency_ratios": {
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"total_dependency_ratio": "40.9 %",
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"youth_dependency_ratio": "30 %",
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"elderly_dependency_ratio": "10.8 %",
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"potential_support_ratio": "9.2 (2013)"
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},
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"median_age": {
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"total": "30.8 years",
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"male": "29.7 years",
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"female": "32 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"population_growth_rate": {
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"text": "0.89% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"birth_rate": {
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"text": "15.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"death_rate": {
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"text": "6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"net_migration_rate": {
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"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)"
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},
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"urbanization": {
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"urban_population": "84% of total population (2010)",
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"rate_of_urbanization": "1.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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},
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"major_urban_areas_population": {
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"text": "NASSAU (capital) 254,000 (2011)"
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},
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"sex_ratio": {
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"at_birth": "1.03 male(s)/female",
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"0_14_years": "1.03 male(s)/female",
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"15_24_years": "1.03 male(s)/female",
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"25_54_years": "0.99 male(s)/female",
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"55_64_years": "0.79 male(s)/female",
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"65_years_and_over": "0.62 male(s)/female",
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"total_population": "0.96 male(s)/female (2013 est.)"
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},
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"maternal_mortality_rate": {
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"text": "47 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)"
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},
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"infant_mortality_rate": {
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"total": "12.89 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"male": "12.9 deaths/1,000 live births",
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"female": "12.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)"
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},
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"life_expectancy_at_birth": {
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"total_population": "71.69 years",
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"male": "69.25 years",
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"female": "74.19 years (2013 est.)"
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},
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"total_fertility_rate": {
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"text": "1.97 children born/woman (2013 est.)"
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},
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"health_expenditures": {
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"text": "7.9% of GDP (2010)"
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},
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"physicians_density": {
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"text": "1.05 physicians/1,000 population (1998)"
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},
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"hospital_bed_density": {
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"text": "3.1 beds/1,000 population (2009)"
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},
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"drinking_water_source": {
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"improved": "urban: 98% of population; rural: 86% of population; total: 96% of population",
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"unimproved": "urban: 2% of population; rural: 14% of population; total: 4% of population (2000 est.)"
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},
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"sanitation_facility_access": {
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"improved": "urban: 100% of population; rural: 100% of population; total: 100% of population (2010 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "3.1% (2009 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_people_living_with_hiv_aids": {
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"text": "6,600 (2009 est.)"
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},
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"hiv_aids_deaths": {
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"text": "fewer than 500 (2009 est.)"
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},
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"obesity_adult_prevalence_rate": {
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"text": "34.7% (2008)"
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},
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"education_expenditures": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"literacy": {
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"definition": "age 15 and over can read and write",
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"total_population": "95.6%",
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"male": "94.7%",
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"female": "96.5% (2003 est.)"
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},
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"school_life_expectancy_primary_to_tertiary_education": {
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"total": "12 years",
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"male": "12 years",
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"female": "12 years (2006)"
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},
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"unemployment_youth_ages_15_24": {
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"total": "18.9%",
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"male": "16.7%",
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"female": "21.7% (2007)"
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}
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},
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"govt": {
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"country_name": {
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"conventional_long_form": "Commonwealth of The Bahamas",
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"conventional_short_form": "The Bahamas"
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},
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"government_type": {
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"text": "constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm"
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},
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"capital": {
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"name": "Nassau",
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"geographic_coordinates": "25 05 N, 77 21 W",
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"time_difference": "UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)",
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"daylight_saving_time": "+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November"
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},
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"administrative_divisions": {
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"text": "31 districts; Acklins Islands, Berry Islands, Bimini, Black Point, Cat Island, Central Abaco, Central Andros, Central Eleuthera, City of Freeport, Crooked Island and Long Cay, East Grand Bahama, Exuma, Grand Cay, Harbour Island, Hope Town, Inagua, Long Island, Mangrove Cay, Mayaguana, Moore's Island, North Abaco, North Andros, North Eleuthera, Ragged Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador, South Abaco, South Andros, South Eleuthera, Spanish Wells, West Grand Bahama"
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},
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"independence": {
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"text": "10 July 1973 (from the UK)"
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},
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"national_holiday": {
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"text": "Independence Day, 10 July (1973)"
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},
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"constitution": {
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"text": "10 July 1973"
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},
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"legal_system": {
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"text": "common law system based on the English model"
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},
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"international_law_organization_participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
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},
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"suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"executive_branch": {
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"chief_of_state": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Arthur A. FOULKES (since 14 April 2010)",
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"head_of_government": "Prime Minister Perry CHRISTIE (since 8 May 2012)",
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"cabinet": "Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation",
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"elections": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister"
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},
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"legislative_branch": {
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (38 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time",
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"elections": "last held on 7 May 2012 (next to be held by May 2017)",
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"election_results": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PLP 30, FNM 8"
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},
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"judicial_branch": {
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"highest_courts": "The Bahamas Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 4 justices, sitting in panels of 3 justices) note - as of 2008, the Bahamas was not a party to the agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice as the highest appellate court for the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM); the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) serves as the final court of appeal for the Bahamas",
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"judge_selection_and_term_of_office": "Court of Appeal justices appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister and in consultation with the Judicial and Legal Services Commission; justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 68-70",
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"subordinate_courts": "Supreme Court; Industrial Tribunal; Stipendiary and Magistrates Courts; Family Island Administrators"
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},
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"political_parties_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Free National Movement or FNM [Hubert MINNIS]; Progressive Liberal Party or PLP [Perry CHRISTIE]"
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},
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"political_pressure_groups_and_leaders": {
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"text": "Friends of the Environment",
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"other": "trade unions"
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},
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"international_organization_participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_in_the_us": {
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"chief_of_mission": "Ambassador (vacant)",
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"chancery": "2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008",
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"telephone": "[1] (202) 319-2660",
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"fax": "[1] (202) 319-2668",
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"consulates_general": "Atlanta, Miami, New York"
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},
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"diplomatic_representation_from_the_us": {
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"chief_of_mission": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d' Affaires John DINKELMAN",
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"embassy": "42 Queen Street, Nassau, New Providence",
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"mailing_address": "local or express mail address: P. O. Box N-8197, Nassau; US Department of State, 3370 Nassau Place, Washington, DC 20521-3370",
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"telephone": "[1] (242) 322-1181, 328-2206 (after hours)",
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"fax": "[1] (242) 328-2206"
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},
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"flag_description": {
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; the band colors represent the golden beaches of the islands surrounded by the aquamarine sea; black represents the vigor and force of a united people, while the pointing triangle indicates the enterprise and determination of the Bahamian people to develop the rich resources of land and sea"
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},
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"national_symbols": {
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"text": "blue marlin; flamingo"
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},
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"national_anthem": {
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"name": "\"March On, Bahamaland!\"",
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"lyrics_music": "Timothy GIBSON",
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"note": "adopted 1973; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)"
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}
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},
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"econ": {
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"economy_overview": {
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"text": "The Bahamas is one of the wealthiest Caribbean countries with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism together with tourism-driven construction and manufacturing accounts for approximately 60% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs half of the archipelago's labor force. Financial services constitute the second-most important sector of the Bahamian economy and, when combined with business services, account for about 36% of GDP. Manufacturing and agriculture combined contribute less than a 10th of GDP and show little growth, despite government incentives aimed at those sectors. The economy of The Bahamas shrank at an average pace of 0.8% annually between 2007-11, and tourism, financial services, and construction - pillars of the national economy - remained weak. These challenges, coupled with a growing public debt, increases in government expenditures, a narrow revenue base, and heavy dependence on customs and property taxes have led to prospects of limited growth for The Bahamas."
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},
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"gdp_purchasing_power_parity": {
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"text": "$11.24 billion (2012 est.); $10.96 billion (2011 est.); $10.79 billion (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gdp_official_exchange_rate": {
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"text": "$8.043 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_real_growth_rate": {
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"text": "2.5% (2012 est.); 1.6% (2011 est.); 0.2% (2010 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_per_capita_ppp": {
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"text": "$31,900 (2012 est.); $31,500 (2011 est.); $31,300 (2010 est.)",
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"note": "data are in 2012 US dollars"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_end_use": {
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"household_consumption": "68.3%",
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"government_consumption": "15.9%",
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"investment_in_fixed_capital": "28.2%",
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"investment_in_inventories": "0%",
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"exports_of_goods_and_services": "45.8%",
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"imports_of_goods_and_services": "-58.2% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"gdp_composition_by_sector_of_origin": {
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"agriculture": "2.1%",
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"industry": "7.1%",
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"services": "90.8% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"agriculture_products": {
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"text": "citrus, vegetables; poultry"
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},
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"industries": {
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"text": "tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals"
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},
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"industrial_production_growth_rate": {
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"text": "NA%"
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},
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"labor_force": {
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"text": "192,200 (2012)"
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},
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"labor_force_by_occupation": {
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"agriculture": "5%",
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"industry": "5%",
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"tourism": "50%",
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"other_services": "40% (2005 est.)"
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},
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"unemployment_rate": {
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"text": "14% (2012 est.); 14.2% (2009 est.)"
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},
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"population_below_poverty_line": {
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"text": "9.3% (2004)"
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},
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"household_income_or_consumption_by_percentage_share": {
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"lowest_10%": "1%",
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"highest_10%": "22% (2007)"
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},
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"budget": {
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"revenues": "$1.5 billion",
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"expenditures": "$1.8 billion (2012 est.)"
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},
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"taxes_and_other_revenues": {
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"text": "18.6% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"budget_surplus_+_or_deficit": {
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"text": "-3.7% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"fiscal_year": {
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
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},
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"inflation_rate_consumer_prices": {
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"text": "2.8% (2012 est.); 3.2% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"central_bank_discount_rate": {
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"text": "4.5% (31 December 2012 est.); 4% (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate": {
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"text": "4.8% (31 December 2012 est.); 5.06% (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_narrow_money": {
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"text": "$1.575 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $1.435 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_broad_money": {
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"text": "$6.482 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $6.104 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"stock_of_domestic_credit": {
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"text": "$8.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $8.511 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
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},
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"market_value_of_publicly_traded_shares": {
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"text": "$2.78 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
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},
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"current_account_balance": {
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"text": "-$1.139 billion (2012 est.); -$1.091 billion (2011 est.)"
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},
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"exports": {
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"text": "$750 million (2012 est.); $834.9 million (2011 est.)"
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},
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"exports_commodities": {
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"text": "crawfish, aragonite, crude salt, polystyrene products"
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},
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"exports_partners": {
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"text": "Singapore 23.7%, US 19.5%, Dominican Republic 13.4%, Ecuador 9.8%, Canada 5.4%, Guatemala 4.4% (2012)"
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},
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"imports": {
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"text": "$2.882 billion (2012 est.); $2.966 billion (2011 est.)"
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},
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"imports_commodities": {
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"text": "machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals"
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},
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"imports_partners": {
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"text": "US 29.9%, India 20.1%, Singapore 8.7%, South Korea 6.7%, China 5%, Colombia 4.3%, Canada 4.2% (2012)"
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},
|
|
"reserves_of_foreign_exchange_and_gold": {
|
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"text": "$846.9 million (31 December 2012 est.); $1.07 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"debt_external": {
|
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"text": "$16.88 billion (31 December 2012 est.); $15.13 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
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"exchange_rates": {
|
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"text": "Bahamian dollars (BSD) per US dollar -; 1 (2012 est.); 1 (2011 est.); 1 (2010 est.); 1 (2008 est.); 1 (2007 est.)"
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}
|
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},
|
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"energy": {
|
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"electricity_production": {
|
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"text": "1.93 billion kWh (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "1.79 billion kWh (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_exports": {
|
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"text": "0 kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_installed_generating_capacity": {
|
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"text": "490,000 kW (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_fossil_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_nuclear_fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_hydroelectric_plants": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"electricity_from_other_renewable_sources": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"crude_oil_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "36,300 bbl/day (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_exports": {
|
|
"text": "41,610 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"refined_petroleum_products_imports": {
|
|
"text": "64,600 bbl/day (2008 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_production": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_consumption": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"natural_gas_proved_reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"carbon_dioxide_emissions_from_consumption_of_energy": {
|
|
"text": "5.573 million Mt (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"comm": {
|
|
"telephones_main_lines_in_use": {
|
|
"text": "133,000 (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephones_mobile_cellular": {
|
|
"text": "298,800 (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"telephone_system": {
|
|
"general_assessment": "modern facilities",
|
|
"domestic": "totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice and broadband Internet services",
|
|
"international": "country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"broadcast_media": {
|
|
"text": "2 TV stations operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB); multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available; about 15 radio stations operating with BCB operating a multi-channel radio broadcasting network alongside privately owned radio stations (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_country_code": {
|
|
"text": ".bs"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_hosts": {
|
|
"text": "20,661 (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"internet_users": {
|
|
"text": "115,800 (2009)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"trans": {
|
|
"airports": {
|
|
"text": "61 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_paved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "24",
|
|
"over_3_047_m": "2",
|
|
"2_438_to_3_047_m": "2",
|
|
"1_524_to_2_437_m": "13",
|
|
"914_to_1_523_m": "7 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"airports_with_unpaved_runways": {
|
|
"total": "37",
|
|
"1_524_to_2_437_m": "4",
|
|
"914_to_1_523_m": "16",
|
|
"under_914_m": "17 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"heliports": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"roadways": {
|
|
"total": "2,717 km",
|
|
"paved": "1,560 km",
|
|
"unpaved": "1,157 km (2002)"
|
|
},
|
|
"merchant_marine": {
|
|
"total": "1,160",
|
|
"by_type": "barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 238, cargo 170, carrier 2, chemical tanker 87, combination ore/oil 8, container 57, liquefied gas 71, passenger 102, passenger/cargo 26, petroleum tanker 225, refrigerated cargo 97, roll on/roll off 13, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 61",
|
|
"foreign_owned": "1,063 (Angola 6, Australia 1, Belgium 6, Bermuda 15, Brazil 1, Canada 96, Croatia 1, Cyprus 23, Denmark 69, Finland 8, France 15, Germany 30, Greece 225, Guernsey 6, Hong Kong 3, Indonesia 2, Ireland 3, Italy 1, Japan 88, Jordan 2, Kuwait 1, Malaysia 13, Monaco 8, Montenegro 2, Netherlands 23, Nigeria 2, Norway 186, Poland 34, Saudi Arabia 16, Singapore 7, South Korea 1, Spain 6, Sweden 11, Switzerland 1, Thailand 4, Turkey 3, UAE 23, UK 18, US 109)",
|
|
"registered_in_other_countries": "6 (Panama 6) (2010)"
|
|
},
|
|
"ports_and_terminals": {
|
|
"major_seaports": "Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point",
|
|
"container_ports_teus": "Freeport (1,116,272)(2011)",
|
|
"cruise_ports": "Nassau"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"military": {
|
|
"military_branches": {
|
|
"text": "Royal Bahamas Defense Force: Land Force, Navy, Air Wing (2011)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_service_age_and_obligation": {
|
|
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female service; no conscription (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_available_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "85,568 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_fit_for_military_service": {
|
|
"males_age_16_49": "63,429",
|
|
"females_age_16_49": "64,645 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"manpower_reaching_militarily_significant_age_annually": {
|
|
"male": "2,829",
|
|
"female": "2,750 (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"military_expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2011)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"issues": {
|
|
"disputes_international": {
|
|
"text": "disagrees with the US on the alignment of the northern axis of a potential maritime boundary"
|
|
},
|
|
"illicit_drugs": {
|
|
"text": "transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
} |