Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Alaska instead of Bahamas, you would:

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Bahamas has a GDP per capita of $32,000 as of 2023, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.

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be 45.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Bahamas, 9.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Alaska, that number is 5.0% as of 2025.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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