English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Education expenditures:
3.6% of GDP (2000)
Government
Bahamas, The
Country name:
conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas conventional short form: The Bahamas
Government type:
constitutional parliamentary democracy