The Bahamas is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with King Charles III as head of state and a bicameral Westminster-style parliament. It levies no personal income tax and relies on tourism and offshore financial services.
In the 12 Axes register, Bahamas leans hardest on Progressive – Traditional: Traditional 83%; the register median is Traditional 68%.
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Where Bahamas sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state with local government districts
Representative Democracy
Westminster parliament, regular elections
Liberal
Bill of Rights, free press
Cooperation
CARICOM and Commonwealth member
Non-Aggressive
Small Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Centrist
English official, no assimilation law
Economic Liberal
Tourism and offshore finance economy
Markets
No income tax, private-led economy
Free Trade
Open economy tied to US tourism
Spiritual
Constitution preamble recognises Christian values
Traditionalist
Voters rejected four gender-equality amendments in 2016
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Bahamas is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Bahamas is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
