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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Bahamas: Mobility & Trade

How connected is a country to the rest of the world?

Bahamas is placed 97th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 86.44 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 6.1 (2024).

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Mobility & Trade

97th

of 177 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topicsjoint 104th of 183 →

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Bahamas on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    Liner Shipping Connectivity Index

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    86.44

    LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 61st of 177 by UNCTAD

    Bahamas: 86.44. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.

    World median
    60.84
    Best in Caribbean
    128.69 Dominican Republic

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Container Import Dwell Time

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    6.1

    Median days a full import container waits in port

    Lower is better

    Bahamas: 6.1. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.

    World median
    4.4
    Best in Caribbean
    1.2 Montserrat

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Logistics Performance Index

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    2.7

    LPI score (1–5)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 79th of 139 by World Bank Group

    Bahamas: 2.7. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.

    World median
    2.9
    Best in Caribbean
    2.9 Antigua and Barbuda

  4. Key 4 of 4

    ICT Goods Exports

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    No reading

    ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

    Higher is better

    UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Bahamas, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.

    World median
    0.975
    Best in Caribbean
    21.32 Cayman Islands

03In context

Bahamas beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.

Caribbean
1st177thNot placed · 47 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on mobility & trade

Bahamas and Caribbean

Bahamas has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingLiner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in portLogistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5)ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Sint Maarten54th33.682.3——
Dominica58th24.471.5——
Antigua and Barbuda65th26.153.12.95.24
Grenada72nd23.1422.55.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd11.791.8——
Dominican Republic87th128.695.32.60.87
British Virgin Islands90th11.792.2——
Cayman Islands95th7.3295.1—21.32
Bahamas97th86.446.12.7—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd20.163.3——
Puerto Rico106th49.615.3——
Jamaica110th117.516.42.5—
Saint Lucia=126th27.284.9——
Barbados=128th35.436.1—0.57
Aruba134th17.984.2——
Trinidad and Tobago141st61.466.32.50.08
United States Virgin Islands142nd21.65.1——
Curaçao166th25.6110.1——
Cuba171st27.8415.22.2—
Haiti175th23.6721.62.1—
Anguillanot placed—1.9——
Montserratnot placed—1.2——
Saint Martinnot placed————
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed4.13———

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Placed either side on mobility & trade

The countries immediately above and below Bahamas in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Bahamas is ahead of the world, and behind

18 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Behind the world median2

Statistics on which Bahamas does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4569.667No earlier reading

    Bahamas: 9.667 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.

    Position 35th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.423.072▲ Improved since 2014

    Bahamas: 3.072 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.

    Position 162nd of 170 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end16

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6616.34Moved since 2013

    Bahamas: 16.34 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2356.005Moved since 2014

    Bahamas: 6.005 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60236.18Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 36.18 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.898.4No real change since 2012

    Bahamas: 98.4 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.546No real change since 2015

    Bahamas: 0.546 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08916.77Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 16.77 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1332.506No real change since 2013

    Bahamas: 2.506 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.731,049Moved since 2016

    Bahamas: 1,049 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7881,540,740Moved since 2014

    Bahamas: 1,540,740 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.

    Position 57th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1753.7Moved since 2014

    Bahamas: 53.7 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32367,285Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 67,285 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2392.43Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 92.43 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26910Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 10 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4512,174No real change since 2015

    Bahamas: 2,174 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8360Moved since 2015

    Bahamas: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1710.002No real change since 2014

    Bahamas: 0.002 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No current reading for Bahamas

Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Mobility & Trade among Bahamas’s 12 topics

Mobility & Trade is Bahamas’s 7th best-placed topic of 12. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Food & Agriculture13th of 184
  2. Democracy & Civil Liberties59th of 198
  3. Governance & Institutions69th of 194
  4. Risk & Resilience74th of 193
  5. Health & Wellbeing96th of 200
  6. Development & Human Capital99th of 196
  7. Mobility & Trade97th of 177
  8. Work & Labour108th of 182
  9. Digital & Technologyjoint 150th of 198
  10. Environment & Sustainability162nd of 186
  11. Education & Knowledgejoint 176th of 198
  12. Energy156th of 165

No standing on Economy & Innovation, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on mobility & trade

The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Bahamas can most readily be measured against.

All 177 countries
  1. 1

    Singapore

    South-eastern Asia

    1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Macau

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Hong Kong

    Eastern Asia

    3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Americas

    United States7th4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Caribbean

    Sint Maarten54th2/4 keys

  3. This page

    Bahamas97th3/4 keys

Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Analysis

Charts and analysis about Bahamas and mobility & trade

All charts

08Questions

Bahamas on mobility & trade: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Bahamas rank on mobility & trade?

Bahamas is placed 97th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Bahamas?

86.44 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.

What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Bahamas?

6.1 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.

How have Bahamas’s mobility & trade figures changed?

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 53.38 in 2006 to 91.3 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index fell from 2.746 in 2010 to 2.7 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 0.41 in 2000 to 0.21 in 2023.

Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Bahamas?

No current reading is published for Bahamas on Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.

About mobility & trade, in full

How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 18 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Bahamas’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Bahamas: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/bahamas/mobility

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