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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

Bahamas

25.4

Low · 20+Rank 164 of 192−0.1 against the previous edition · #151 → #164Americas · Caribbean · 5 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region28 / 35Americas
Rank in its income group42 / 62High income
Comparable countriesBeninIGE 27.8 · distance 4.7Comparable countriesNamibiaIGE 27.7 · distance 5.3

Comparable countries

  • BeninIGE 27.8 · distance 4.7
  • NamibiaIGE 27.7 · distance 5.3
  • FijiIGE 29.9 · distance 7.0
  • TanzaniaIGE 29.7 · distance 7.3

Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).

What would move the score

  • Chokepoints±2.5 points
  • Sanctions±2.5 points
  • Commodity concentration±2.0 points
  • Institutional fragility±1.5 points
  • Sovereign stress±1.5 points

Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.

Sub-indices against the regional and global mean

CountryRegional meanGlobal mean

Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026

History by edition

Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.

Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026

Key factors

What drives the score

  • Intentional homicides per 100,000 people: 32.2 (2022), risk percentile 100.source
  • Reserves in months of imports: 4 months (2024), risk percentile 78.source
  • Logistics performance (LPI): 2.7 (2022), risk percentile 68.source
  • Current account balance: -6.7 % of GDP (2024), risk percentile 63.source

Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.

How it is calculated

Weights, coverage and provenance

Chokepoints25Effective 25 %
Sanctions10Effective 25 %
Commodity concentration22Effective 20 %
Institutional fragility39Effective 15 %
Sovereign stress42Effective 15 %

5 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

Provenance hash

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · 25.2

How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.

Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025)6.3 % of GDP · percentile 6
Total chokepoint exposure (2025)8.4 % of GDP · percentile 1
Net energy import dependenceinsufficient data
Fuel share of imports (2024)16.3 % · percentile 50
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)no · percentile 0
Logistics performance (LPI) (2022)2.7 · percentile 68

Sanctions · 9.9

Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.

Jurisdiction-level sanctions regimeno regime · percentile 0
Designations linked to the country (2026)2 · percentile 17
Designations under country programmes (2026)0 · percentile 0
Entities under US export controls (2026)1 · percentile 17
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)36.5 · percentile 16

Commodity concentration · 22.1

Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.

Export concentration (HHI) (2024)0.4 · percentile 22
Import concentration (HHI) (2024)0.44 · percentile 33
Fuel and food share of imports (2024)36.2 % · percentile 55
Natural resource rents (2021)0 % of GDP · percentile 0
Terms-of-trade volatility (2024)1.5 % · percentile 0

Institutional fragility · 38.9

Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.

Rule of law (WGI) (2025)62.4 · percentile 43
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)83.5 · percentile 10
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)65.6 · percentile 33
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)69.1 · percentile 23
INFORM risk index (2026)2.3 · percentile 9
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 peopleinsufficient data
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2022)32.2 · percentile 100
New conflict displacements per 1,000 peopleinsufficient data
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)61.2 · percentile 55
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 42.4

Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.

Reserves in months of imports (2024)4 months · percentile 78
Current account balance (2024)-6.7 % of GDP · percentile 63
Annual inflation (2025)1.1 % · percentile 5
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2025)0 % · percentile 36
External debt to GNInot applicable
Debt service to exportsnot applicable
Short-term debt to reservesnot applicable
Broad money to reserves (2022)3.7× · percentile 21
Interest payments to revenue (2024)20 % · percentile 73
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)13 · percentile 21