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Bermuda
Bermuda places highest on Government Effectiveness (top 10% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 4%).
Bermuda in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Bermuda appears in 17 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Bermuda is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
64,698
people
since 1950
Land area
54
km²
since 1961
GDP per person
104,300
international $, PPP
since 1990
Life expectancy
82.31
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Bermuda
Key facts about Bermuda
- Capital
- Hamilton
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- Bermudian dollar (BMD)
- ISO code
- BMU · BM
- Domain · dialling
- .bm · +1441
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Bermuda’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
124thof 147
From 2 of 3 key statistics
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Bermuda holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Bermuda’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Bermuda in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Bermuda stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Bermuda sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Bermuda does best5
In the top third of all countries measured.
- Government Effectivenesstop 10%
Position · derived 22nd of 209 · 1.476 · 2024
world median 0.01 (better)
- Life Expectancy at Birthtop 12%
Position · derived 28th of 222 · 82.31 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better) · ▲ 7 pts since 2013
Position · derived 43rd of 211 · 0.971 · 2024
world median 0.04 (better) · ▲ 8 pts since 2014
- Rule of Lawtop 24%
Position · derived 51st of 211 · 0.8 · 2024
world median -0.1 (better) · ▲ 18 pts since 2014
Where Bermuda struggles most3
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 1 is within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 10thLiner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 4%
Rank 166th of 175 · 7.976 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse)
- Government Spending on Educationbottom 11%
Position · derived 110th of 123 · 1.865 · 2023
world median 3.709 (worse)
- Global Violent Deathsbottom 25%
Position · derived 52nd of 206 · 1 = worst · 12.46 · 2021
world median 4.02 (worse) · ▲ 5 pts since 2011
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Bermuda can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Bermuda has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
Nothing further moved meaningfully in this direction.
Losing ground
Where Bermuda has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- ICT Goods Exports-46 pts since 2014
- Access to Electricity-8 pts since 2014
05In context
Bermuda and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Bermuda has no land border with another country.
Across Northern America
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 20
Canada - 33
United States - —Bermudanot placed
- —
Greenlandnot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Bermuda
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions6
Government Effectiveness22nd of 209position · derived1.476Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)2024
Top fifth · top 10% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
Bermuda 1.476 · world median 0.01 (better)
Best in the world 2.28 (Singapore)
No real change since 2014
Government Spending on Education110th of 123position · derived1.865Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 11% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Bermuda 1.865 · world median 3.709 (worse)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
No real change since 2013
Regulatory Quality57th of 209position · derived0.629Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Upper middle · top 27% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
Bermuda 0.629 · world median -0.09 (better)
Best in the world 2.132 (Singapore)
No real change since 2014
Rule of Law51st of 211position · derived0.8Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Upper middle · top 24% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Bermuda 0.8 · world median -0.1 (better)
Best in the world 2.021 (Finland)
▲ +18 percentile points since 2014
Trade Union Density50th of 139position · derived21.9Employees who are trade union members (%)2020
Upper middle · top 36% of 139 countries measured
International Labour Organization (ILO) · Employees who are trade union members (%)
Bermuda 21.9 · world median 16.68 (better)
Best in the world 91.42 (Iceland)
No earlier reading to compare
Economy & Innovation5
Agricultural Land192nd of 209position · derived5.556Agricultural land (% of land area)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 8% of 209 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agricultural land (% of land area)
Bermuda 5.556 · world median 37.96
Highest 86.48 (Côte d’Ivoire)
No real change since 2013
Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare54th of 188position · derived160Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land)2023
Upper middle · top 28% of 191 countries measured · 191 share 188 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land)
Bermuda 160 · world median 87.36
Highest 2,926 (Malaysia)
▼ -19 percentile points since 2013
ICT Goods Exports67th of 119position · derived0.73ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)2024
Middle · bottom 45% of 120 countries measured · 120 share 119 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Bermuda 0.73 · world median 0.975 (worse)
Best in the world 61.45 (Hong Kong)
▼ -46 percentile points since 2014
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index166th of 175rank7.976LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
Bottom fifth · bottom 4% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Bermuda 7.976 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
No real change since 2016
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived0Natural resources rents (% of GDP)2021
Bottom fifth · bottom 4% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
Bermuda 0 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
No real change since 2011
Health & Wellbeing2
Global Violent Deaths52nd of 206position · derived · 1 = worst12.46Violent deaths per 100,000 people2021
Lower middle · bottom 25% of 209 countries measured · 209 share 206 positions
Small Arms Survey · Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Bermuda 12.46 · world median 4.02 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (4 countries tied)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2011
Life Expectancy at Birth28th of 222position · derived82.31Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
Top fifth · top 12% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Bermuda 82.31 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2013
Development & Human Capital2
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
Upper middle · top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Bermuda 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Arable Land per Person197th of 206position · derived0.005Arable land (hectares per person)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 4% of 206 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Arable land (hectares per person)
Bermuda 0.005 · world median 0.109
Highest 1.459 (Kazakhstan)
No real change since 2013
Environment & Sustainability1
Forest Area135th of 210position · derived18.52Forest area (% of land area)2023
Lower middle · bottom 37% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Bermuda 18.52 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
Peace & Security1
Political Stability and Absence of Violence43rd of 211position · derived0.971Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Upper middle · top 20% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Bermuda 0.971 · world median 0.04 (better)
Best in the world 1.582 (Liechtenstein)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2014
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Bermuda. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · last seen 2018
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic · last seen 2019
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- GDP Growth · last seen 2024
- GDP per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2024
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption · last seen 2024
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- GNI per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2024
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Funding per Primary Student · last seen 2015
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Gross Savings (% of GDP) · last seen 2023
- Household Consumption · last seen 2024
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2023
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster · last seen 2020
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary · last seen 2012
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate · last seen 2012
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending · last seen 2020
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 2023
- Secondary School Enrolment · last seen 2023
- Self-Employment Rate
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 2023
- Trade (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment · last seen 2016
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability · last seen 2017
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training · last seen 2010
- Youth Unemployment Rate
07Keep reading
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08Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Bermuda can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Bermuda on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Bermuda: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/bermuda