位於中美洲,是加勒比海當中最富裕的國家之一。不到50萬人的小國,人均GDP和台灣非常接近,甚至是西半球的前段班,僅輸給美國和加拿大。旅遊業和金融業是巴哈馬當地主要收入來源,近幾年有一些石油公司來到巴哈馬海域探勘石油儲量,但2021年宣布未能找到具有商業可行性的儲量,油井將被永久密封和廢棄。2020年成為全球第一個發行央行數位貨幣(CBDC)的國家。
Year Founded: 1973
The Bahamas is in the West Indies. It is one of the wealthiest countries in the Caribbean Sea. It has a population of less than 500,000. Its GDP per capita is similar to that of Taiwan, which is among the highest in the western hemisphere, only behind that of the US and Canada. Tourism and finance are the primary sources of income for the Bahamas. In recent years, several oil companies have arrived in the Bahamas to explore oil reserves, but in 2021, it was announced that there would be no commercial oil production. The oil wells were permanently sealed and abandoned. In 2020, The Bahamas became the first country to have a Central Bank Digital Currency.