Cuba holds a 78–22 advantage over Bahamas on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (87% of the combined total, $107bn) and active personnel (96% of the combined total, 49.0k). Bahamas leads on logistics & power projection.
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Bahamas | Share | Cuba | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $15.8bn | 13%87% | $107bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 4%96% | 49.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 31 | 52%48% | 29 | 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 2026-08-04.
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