Forcibly displaced people in Bahamas
Bahamas: Forcibly displaced people was 10 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forcibly displaced people in Bahamas, 2010–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 10 for forcibly displaced people in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.7% on the previous year and down 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forcibly displaced people in Bahamas peaked at 49 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2025.
Bahamas ranks 171st of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.9 | 23 | 49 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.17 | 10 | 41 | 6 |
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More social development data for Bahamas
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 10 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 1,598 (2025)
- Physical Integrity Rights Score 1.16 (2019)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 760 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
- Press freedom 2 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forcibly displaced people in Bahamas?
- Forcibly displaced people in Bahamas was 10 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest forcibly displaced people recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 49 in 2012.
- What is the lowest forcibly displaced people recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2025.
- How does Bahamas rank for forcibly displaced people?
- Bahamas ranks 171st out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forcibly displaced people rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.