HEAD TO HEAD
Bahamas vs Jamaica
Verdict
Bahamas and Jamaica are close to evenly matched, 48–52 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Bahamas leads on logistics & power projection (79% of the combined total, 31), which Jamaica offsets elsewhere.
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side. Those factors are excluded and the remaining weights renormalised, never substituted.
Factor by factor
| Factor | Bahamas | Share | Jamaica | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $15.8bn | 42%58% | $22.0bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 25%75% | 6.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 31 | 79%21% | 8 | 30% |
Shares are each side's portion of the combined total for that factor. Weights are renormalised across the factors both sides publish — see the methodology. Data read 2026-10-22.
