Bahamas, The
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Infrastructure is a strength, but Innovation lags
Bahamas, The demonstrates early-stage readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (41st percentile worldwide). Investments are generating initial gains, yet substantial gaps persist in several dimensions.
- Global percentile
- 41st
- Global rank
- #105
- Regional rank
- #19
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Country profile
Bahamas, The remains in the emerging-readiness range, with progress visible but major gaps still limiting future readiness. Its weakest results are in Innovation (20, 1st percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Regulatory quality falls short of global standards, signalling structural hurdles in policy execution. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
GEFRI Composite and School Access and Gender Parity present a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Places 105th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 19th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (80.8) to Innovation (20.3), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Innovation.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score