1983 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1983 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
food importer; main crops — fish, fruits, vegetables
Aid
economic — bilateral commitments, including Ex-Im (1970-82), from US, $42 million; from other Western countries (197081), $139 million; no military aid
Airfields
62 total, 59 usable; 28 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 24 with runways 1,2202,439 m
Branches
Royal Bahamas Defense Force, Royal Bahamas Police Force
Budget
(1982 actual) revenues, $274 million; expenditures, $288 million
Civil air
9 major transport aircraft
Electric power
320,000 kW capacity (1983); 830 million kWh produced (1983), 3,720 kWh per capita
Exports
$222 million (f.o.b., 1982); pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
GNP
$1.4 billion (1981), $6,000 per capita; real growth rate 3% (1981)
Highways
3,350 km total; 1,350 km paved, 2,000 km gravel
Imports
$740 million (f.o.b., 1982); foodstuffs, manufactured goods, mineral fuels
Major industries
banking, tourism, cement, oil refining and transshipment, lumber, salt production, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral weld, and steel pipe
Major trade partners
exports — US 90%, UK 10%; imports— Iran 30%, Nigeria 20%, US 10%, EC 10%, Gabon 10% (1981)
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1982 $28.7 million, about 7.7% of the total budget BAHRAIN SAUDI ARABIA
Monetary conversion rate
1 Bahamian dollar=US$l (February 1984)
Ports
2 major (Freeport, Nassau), 9 minor
Railroads
none
Telecommunications
telecom facilities highly developed, including 71,880 telephones (34.4 per 100 popl.) in totally automatic system; tropospheric scatter link with Florida; 3 AM and 2 FM stations; 1 TV station; 3 coaxial submarine cables Defense Forces