Bahamas holds a 60–40 advantage over Haiti on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by logistics & power projection (82% of the combined total, 31) and active personnel (67% of the combined total, 2.0k). Haiti leads on economic size (GDP).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Haiti | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $15.8bn | 39%61% | $25.2bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 67%33% | 1.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 31 | 82%18% | 7 | 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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