Bermuda
Everything Palanor holds about Bermuda, in one place: 15 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
North AmericaAmericas
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $9.19 billion (2024); record high since 1990; 1y +6.9%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 44.3% of GDP (2024); record low since 2010; 1y −1.23 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: 30.1% of GDP (2024); record high since 2010; 1y +2.22 pts.
Country Posture
What Bermuda’s economy is doing
Momentum
2024Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 1.9 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -3.2 |
| Change in unemployment | — |
| Change in the employment rate | — |
| Export volume growth | 231 |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 2 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | — |
| Current account (2024) | 18.3 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | 1.03 |
| External debt | — |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | — |
| Change in inflation | — |
| Currency move against the dollar | 0.0% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | 1.08 |
| Private credit, three-year change | — |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
GDP by expenditure
What Bermuda’s economy runs on
In 2024, household spending was 44.3% of GDP, government consumption 10.7%, investment 11.0% and net exports +30.1% (exports 55.1%, imports 25.1%). In 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 the parts miss 100 by more than three points (the statistical discrepancy in Bermuda’s national accounts).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
News
In the news
- Coast Guard finds debris from missing medical flight
Search crews located a debris field off Nantucket from an air ambulance carrying six people that vanished while flying from Bermuda to Boston.
Palanor Wire2026-10-04neutral
- Coast Guard searches for missing medical jet with 6 aboard
A medical evacuation aircraft carrying six people vanished after leaving Bermuda for Boston, triggering a U.S. Coast Guard search off Nantucket.
Palanor Wire2026-10-03neutral
- Bermuda Insurance Executive and Mother Were on Missing Medical Flight to Boston
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-07neutral
- A debris field was located hours after a medical transport plane carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston went missing near Nantucket on Saturday. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-04neutral
- A medical transport plane carrying six people was flying from Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact near Nantucket on Saturday, prompting a continuing federal and state search. Here’s what we know.
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-04neutral
- A search remains ongoing off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-04neutral
- Search crews with the U.S. Coast Guard have found debris from a medical transfer plane that went missing while flying six people from Bermuda to Boston, officials said Saturday evening.
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-04neutral
- A plane with six people aboard lost contact during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching Saturday for the missing aircraft off the coast of Nantucket.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-03neutral
- The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday was searching for a medical transfer aircraft that went missing after leaving Bermuda on its way to Boston, officials said.
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-03neutral
Headlines that name Bermuda, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Bermuda
Palanor’s company graph holds 323 entities headquartered here, 8 with a listed ticker (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
- Brookfield Property Partners L.P.BPYPP · Hamilton
- Bunge Global SABG · Hamilton
- GOLAR LNG LTDGLNG · HAMILTON
- SEADRILL LtdSDRL · HAMILTON
- SFL Corp Ltd.SFL · Hamilton
- Maiden Holdings, Ltd.MHLA · Hamilton
- SIGNET JEWELERS LTDSIG · Hamilton
- Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL · Hamilton
Signals
Every series about Bermuda
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 15 in the Library.
Growth and output1
- Bermuda · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +6.9%$9.19bn2024
Trade and capital flows4
- Bermuda's Share of Foreign-Held U.S. Equities · %1st percentile since Sep 2011; 1y −0.022 pts0.72% of foreign holdings2026-08-01
- U.S. Equities Held in Bermuda · USD bnrecord high since Sep 2011; 1y +19.3%180.4 $ billions2026-08-01
- Bermuda's Share of Foreign-Held U.S. Treasuries87th percentile since Jan 2012; highest since Nov 2013; 1y +0.129 pts1.2% of foreign holdings2026-08-01
- U.S. Treasury Securities Held in Bermuda96th percentile since Jan 2012; highest since Nov 2013; 1y +13.0%111.8 $ billions2026-08-01
Migration1 of 3
- U.S.-Born People Living in Bermuda (UN)record high since 19903,685 people2024
Peers
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