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Bermuda
Bermuda places highest on Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP) (top 1% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 4%).
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Bermuda in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Bermuda appears in 91 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
Bermuda sits alone in the western North Atlantic, a fishhook of limestone islands where the Gulf Stream keeps coral reefs alive far north of the tropics. This British Overseas Territory runs its own affairs through a House of Assembly that first met in 1620. Lacking rivers and lakes, every house catches rain on a stepped white roof. The cahow, a petrel thought extinct for centuries, was found nesting on islets in Castle Harbour in 1951.
Juan de Bermúdez gave the islands his name early in the sixteenth century, yet nobody stayed. In 1609 the Sea Venture, bound for Virginia under Sir George Somers, was wrecked on the reefs; the survivors built two boats and sailed on, and accounts of the wreck reached Shakespeare as he wrote The Tempest. Settlement began at St George’s in 1612. Enslaved Africans and Native Americans were brought in, slavery ended in 1834, and the Royal Navy fortified a dockyard at the western tip.
Bermuda shorts, worn with knee socks and a blazer, pass as business dress, and the summer’s great holiday is Cup Match, two days of cricket between St George’s and Somerset. Gombey dancers in masks and peacock-feather headdresses drum through the streets at Christmas. Fish chowder is laced with black rum and sherry peppers. Tourism built the island’s fortunes, but insurance and reinsurance, swelled by firms founded after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, became the larger earner.
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.
150thof 177
From 2 of 4 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.
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. 2 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 3rd
Position · derived 3rd of 173 · 44,806 · 2021
world median 12,800 (better)
- 9th
Position · derived 214th of 222 · 1 = worst · 1.546 · 2023
world median 27.46 (better) · ▲ 10 pts since 2013
Position · derived 15th of 170 · 62.74 · 2024
world median 25.42 (better)
Not ranked by the publisher · 1.155 · 2024
world median 2.738 (better) · ▲ 9 pts since 2014
- Life Expectancy at Age 65top 10%
Position · derived 23rd of 222 · 20.81 · 2023
world median 16.39 (better) · ▲ 10 pts since 2013
Where Bermuda struggles most5
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 9thMunicipal Solid Waste Generationbottom 4%
Position · derived 9th of 201 · 1 = worst · 3.108 · 2026
world median 0.966 (worse)
- 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)
- Child and Family Benefit Coveragebottom 14%
Not ranked by the publisher · 1.4 · 2024
world median 23.75 (worse)
- CO₂ Emissions per Capitabottom 15%
Position · derived 32nd of 210 · 1 = worst · 8.509 · 2024
world median 3.21 (worse) · ▲ 3 pts since 2014
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.
04In 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.
- 24
Canada - 37
United States - —Bermudanot placed
- —
Greenlandnot placed
05The 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 statistic for this country’s row beside every other country, the world median and every edition.
Governance & Institutions11
- Central Bank Independence IndexAna Carolina Garriga, University of Essex · CBI index (0–1, where 1 is the most statutory independence)bottom 1%0.12023
- Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · Children or households with children receiving child or family cash benefits (%)bottom 14%1.42024
- Control of CorruptionWorld Bank Group · Control of Corruption (−2.5 to 2.5)29th of 211position · derived1.182025
- Disability Benefit CoverageILO · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%)top 41%57.82025
- Government EffectivenessWorld Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)23rd of 209position · derived1.4682025
- Government Spending on EducationUIS · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)110th of 123position · derived1.8652023
- Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%)top 40%92.82025
- Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)53rd of 209position · derived0.6122025
- Rule of LawWorld Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)48th of 211position · derived0.8082025
- Trade Union DensityILO · Employees who are trade union members (%)50th of 139position · derived21.92020
Economy & Innovation18
- Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $)3rd of 173position · derived44,8062021
- Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports)top 32%2.2062024
- Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · Creative services exports (% of services exports)top 43%9.3042024
- Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)15th of 170position · derived62.742024
- Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman)top 14%0.5712025
- Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · FDI inflows (% of GDP)bottom 35%1.2662025
- ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)67th of 119position · derived0.732024
- ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · ICT services exports (% of services exports)99th of 118position · derived1.9792024
- Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)166th of 175rank7.9762026
- Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons)top 8%38,1782026
- Price Level of Household ConsumptionGGDC · Price level of household consumption (US output price level in 2021 = 1)top 3%1.3862023
- Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · Productive Capacities Index (1–100)87th of 195position · derived48.592022
- Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting)bottom 11%342025
- Services ExportsUNCTAD · Services exports (% of GDP)top 25%20.812025
- Statutory Corporate Income Tax RateOECD · Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, central and sub-central government (%)bottom 3%02026
- Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%)top 1%29.522022
- Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100)bottom 13%86.742025
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived02021
Work & Labour2
- Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%)bottom 36%32.22024
- Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%)bottom 26%02024
Education & Knowledge4
- Female Share of ResearchersUIS · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity)top 43%402024
- Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity)bottom 1%8.3332023
- Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home)top 2%166.662023
- Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates)top 50%5.6182023
Health & Wellbeing8
- Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19214th of 222position · derived · 1 = worst1.5462023
- Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates179th of 222position · derived · 1 = worst65.852023
- Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · Births attended by skilled health staff (%)41st of 84position · derived99.32023
- Days Above 35°CECMWF · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s landtop 16%02025
- Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023)bottom 38%339.12026
- Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates23rd of 222position · derived20.812023
- Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates28th of 222position · derived82.312023
- PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³)162nd of 220position · derived · 1 = worst8.62023
Development & Human Capital2
- Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)top 28%1002024
- Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · Rural population with electricity access (%)top 29%1002024
Environment & Sustainability15
- Agricultural LandFAO · Agricultural land (% of land area)192nd of 209position · derived5.5562023
- Arable Land per PersonFAO · Arable land (hectares per person)197th of 206position · derived0.0052023
- Burned AreaGWIS · Burned area (hectares)bottom 12%02025
- CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person)32nd of 210position · derived · 1 = worst8.5092024
- Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP)top 8%1.1552024
- Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land)54th of 188position · derived1602023
- Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight)bottom 9%3382024
- Forest AreaFAO · Forest area (% of land area)135th of 210position · derived18.522023
- Mangrove AreaGlobal Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, JAXA, soloEO, Wetlands International, The Nature Conservancy) · Mangrove forest area (hectares)bottom 8%21.572025
- Methane EmissionsEDGAR · Methane emissions (gigagrams of CH₄)bottom 7%0.982025
- Municipal Solid Waste GenerationWorld Bank Group · Municipal solid waste generated (kg per person per day)9th of 201position · derived · 1 = worst3.1082026
- Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts)bottom 17%02026
- Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population)top 27%7.232015
- Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts)bottom 1%02024
- Tree Cover LossWorld Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) · Tree cover loss (hectares, where canopy cover exceeded 30% in 2000)bottom 6%02025
Gender & Equality3
- Female-Headed HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · Households headed by a woman (% of households)top 1%55.472026
- Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years)top 8%31.92019
- Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female birthsbottom 27%1042023
Peace & Security2
- Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceWorld Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)36th of 211position · derived1.0812025
- Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people)bottom 8%62025
Mobility & Trade4
- EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people)bottom 3%1,1002024
- International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people)bottom 16%20,1712024
- Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 populationtop 44%02023
Energy5
- Crude Oil ProductionEIA · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day)bottom 26%02025
- Natural Gas ProductionEIA · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres)bottom 27%02024
- Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average)bottom 44%4.1842020
- Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · Energy use per person (million Btu)top 15%127.252024
- Primary Energy ProductionEIA · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu)bottom 7%02024
Digital & Technology2
- GitHub DevelopersGitHub · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 17%3,2572026
- GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 17%4,7082026
People & Population15
- Average Household SizeUN DESA Population Division · Average number of usual residents per household (people)bottom 9%2.262026
- Crude Birth RateUN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 populationbottom 10%8.0462023
- Crude Death RateUN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 populationtop 32%8.8582023
- Mean Age at ChildbearingUN DESA Population Division · Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children (years)top 5%32.12023
- Median Age of the PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)top 5%45.142023
- One-Person HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · Households with exactly one member (% of households)top 11%34.092026
- Population Aged 65 and OverUN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)top 10%20.912023
- Population DensityUN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of landtop 5%1,1982023
- Population Growth RateUN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)bottom 19%-0.082023
- Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation)UN DESA Population Division · Share of the population living in cities as the Degree of Urbanisation defines them (%)bottom 8%02025
- Population Under Age 15UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)bottom 7%13.882023
- Sex Ratio of the Total PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 femalesbottom 28%95.942023
- Total Dependency RatioUN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64bottom 44%53.352023
- Total Fertility RateUN DESA Population Division · Live births per womanbottom 18%1.4012023
06Method
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: 25 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