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Bahamas vs Cuba

90 shared metrics.

BahamasLeads in 42

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CubaLeads in 48

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Bahamas

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Identity

Formal name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The Bahamas is not one island; it is an archipelago of nearly 700 islands and cays.

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Cuba

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Cuba.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, which is why it dominates the regional map.

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Analysis

Cuba leads in 48 of 90 shared metrics, while Bahamas leads in 42.

Bahamas's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 72.0x that of Cuba (7.2 per 1M people vs 0.10 per 1M people).

Bahamas's Merchant Fleet Size is 18.6x that of Cuba (1.3K vs 65).

Bahamas's Air Passengers is 9.7x that of Cuba (1.47M vs 137.0K).

Bahamas's Broadband Access (%) is 7.0x that of Cuba (24 per 100 people vs 3.0 per 100 people).

Bahamas's Shipping Traffic is 5.6x that of Cuba (1.72M vs 261.1K).

Key Comparisons

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Bahamas leads

Bahamas

7.2 per 1M people

Cuba

0.10 per 1M people

Merchant Fleet SizeBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.3K

Cuba

Air PassengersBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.47M

Cuba

137.0K

Broadband Access (%)Bahamas leads

Bahamas

24 per 100 people

Cuba

3.0 per 100 people

Shipping TrafficBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.72M

Cuba

261.1K

Unemployment RateBahamas leads

Bahamas

8.5%

Cuba

1.5%

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Bahamas

7.2 per 1M people

Cuba

0.10 per 1M people

7197% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Cuba

Bahamas

415.3K

Cuba

10.06M

96% lower

Comparison of Bahamas and Cuba across 90 metrics
				Winner
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	7.2 per 1M people	0.10 per 1M people	7197% higher	Bahamas
Merchant Fleet Size	1.3K	65	1860% higher	Bahamas
Air Passengers	1.47M	137.0K	970% higher	Bahamas
Broadband Access (%)	24 per 100 people	3.0 per 100 people	700% higher	Bahamas
Shipping Traffic	1.72M	261.1K	560% higher	Bahamas
Unemployment Rate	8.5%	1.5%	453% higher	Bahamas
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.25% of youth labor force	4.3% of youth labor force	350% higher	Bahamas
Seafood Consumption per Person	23.42 kg/person/yr	6.1 kg/person/yr	286% higher	Bahamas
CO2 Per Capita	7.6 t/person/yr	2.2 t/person/yr	244% higher	Bahamas
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.2 per 100k	5.4 per 100k	200% higher	Bahamas
Protected Land (%)	34.6%	15.6%	122% higher	Bahamas
Beer Consumption	3.4 L/person/yr	1.6 L/person/yr	116% higher	Bahamas
Obesity Rate	47.61%	23.54%	102% higher	Bahamas
Irrigated Land	10 km²	8.7K km²	100% lower	Cuba
Highest Elevation	1.3 m	2.0K m	100% lower	Cuba
Inflation Rate	0.40%	76.1%	99% lower	Cuba
Scientific Publications	17.75	1.2K	99% lower	Cuba
Agricultural Land (%)	1.3%	61.67%	98% lower	Cuba
Armed Forces Personnel	2.0K	76.0K	97% lower	Cuba
Population	415.3K	10.06M	96% lower	Cuba
Renewable Energy (%)	1.1%	20.9%	95% lower	Cuba
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,341.32	$1,199.35	95% higher	Bahamas
Total CO2 Emissions	1.5 Mt CO2e	21 Mt CO2e	93% lower	Cuba
All-Time Olympic Medals	16 medals	244 medals	93% lower	Cuba
Electric Generating Capacity	608.0K kW	7.26M kW	92% lower	Cuba
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	8.0 gold medals	86 gold medals	91% lower	Cuba
Land Area	10.0K km²	103.8K km²	90% lower	Cuba
Electricity Generation	2.0 TWh	15.29 TWh	87% lower	Cuba
GDP (Nominal)	$15,832,800,000	$107,352,000,000	85% lower	Cuba
Forest Area	5.1K km²	32.4K km²	84% lower	Cuba
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.9 per 1k	9.5 per 1k	80% lower	Cuba
Suicide Rate	3.3 per 100k	13.79 per 100k	76% lower	Cuba
Infant Mortality	11.4 per 1k births	6.6 per 1k births	73% higher	Bahamas
Government Debt (% GDP)	73.7% of GDP	42.7% of GDP	73% higher	Bahamas
Women in Parliament (%)	17.95%	55.74%	68% lower	Cuba
Birth Rate	13.1 per 1k	7.8 per 1k	68% higher	Bahamas
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	8.4% of GDP	68% lower	Cuba
Tourist Arrivals	1.79M	1.09M	65% higher	Bahamas
Forest Coverage (%)	50.94%	31.23%	63% higher	Bahamas
Population Density	39.9 /km²	106.17 /km²	62% lower	Cuba
Corruption Perceptions Index	64 pts	40 pts	60% higher	Bahamas
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	22 days/yr	55% lower	Cuba
Airports	54	120	55% lower	Cuba
Child Mortality	12.7 per 1k births	8.3 per 1k births	53% higher	Bahamas
Death Rate	5.4 per 1k	11.42 per 1k	52% lower	Cuba
Teen Birth Rate	24.56 per 1k	48.67 per 1k	50% lower	Cuba
Imports (% GDP)	41.46% of GDP	82.39% of GDP	50% lower	Cuba
Capital Elevation	34 m	59 m	42% lower	Cuba
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.2% of GDP	11.79% of GDP	39% lower	Cuba
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.7 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	36% lower	Cuba
Smoking Rate	11.3%	17.4%	35% lower	Cuba
Internet Users (%)	95%	71%	34% higher	Bahamas
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	97 per 100 people	73 per 100 people	33% higher	Bahamas
Alcohol Consumption	3.6 L/adult/yr	5.4 L/adult/yr	32% lower	Cuba
Elderly Population (%)	11.78%	16.57%	29% lower	Cuba
Solar Electricity Share	0.89%	1.2%	28% lower	Cuba
Meat Consumption per Person	67.05 kg/person/yr	55.48 kg/person/yr	21% higher	Bahamas
Women in Senior Management	47.89% of managers	39.55% of managers	21% higher	Bahamas
Insufficient Physical Activity	37.29% of adults	46.91% of adults	21% lower	Cuba
Median Age	34.6 years	41.7 years	17% lower	Cuba
Youth Population (%)	17.91%	15.29%	17% higher	Bahamas
Spirits Consumption	2.7 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	14% higher	Bahamas
Tobacco Use Prevalence	17.6% of adults	15.6% of adults	13% higher	Bahamas
Tourism Revenue	$1,007,000,000	$1,152,000,000	13% lower	Cuba
Hypertension Prevalence	44.5% of adults	39.9% of adults	12% higher	Bahamas
Exports (% GDP)	37.78% of GDP	42.47% of GDP	11% lower	Cuba
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	18.94 µg/m³	21.24 µg/m³	11% lower	Cuba
Dependency Ratio	42.22% of working-age pop.	46.76% of working-age pop.	10% lower	Cuba
Human Development Index	0.82	0.76	8% higher	Bahamas
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.65 hrs/week	41 hrs/week	8% lower	Cuba
Food Waste per Person	145.58 kg/person/yr	157.86 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Cuba
Milk Consumption per Person	104.76 kg/person/yr	99.94 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Bahamas
Coastline Length	3.5K km	3.7K km	5% lower	Cuba
Life Expectancy	74.6 years	78.1 years	5% lower	Cuba
Urban Population (%)	81.32%	77.17%	5% higher	Bahamas
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	3% lower	Cuba
Electricity Carbon Intensity	653.33 gCO2/kWh	642.82 gCO2/kWh	2% higher	Bahamas
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Bahamas
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Bahamas
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.36%	ranked lower	Cuba
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bahamas
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	-1.06%	ranked higher	Bahamas
High-Tech Exports (%)	0%	7.9%	ranked lower	Cuba
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bahamas
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bahamas
Land Border Length	0 km	28.5 km	ranked lower	Cuba
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bahamas
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	9.0 sites	ranked lower	Cuba
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Bahamas
Border Neighbors	0	0	ranked higher	Bahamas

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Analysis

Cuba leads in 48 of 90 shared metrics, while Bahamas leads in 42.

Bahamas's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 72.0x that of Cuba (7.2 per 1M people vs 0.10 per 1M people).

Bahamas's Merchant Fleet Size is 18.6x that of Cuba (1.3K vs 65).

Bahamas's Air Passengers is 9.7x that of Cuba (1.47M vs 137.0K).

Bahamas's Broadband Access (%) is 7.0x that of Cuba (24 per 100 people vs 3.0 per 100 people).

Bahamas's Shipping Traffic is 5.6x that of Cuba (1.72M vs 261.1K).

Key Comparisons

Bahamas

7.2 per 1M people

Cuba

0.10 per 1M people

Merchant Fleet SizeBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.3K

Cuba

Air PassengersBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.47M

Cuba

137.0K

Broadband Access (%)Bahamas leads

Bahamas

24 per 100 people

Cuba

3.0 per 100 people

Shipping TrafficBahamas leads

Bahamas

1.72M

Cuba

261.1K

Unemployment RateBahamas leads

Bahamas

8.5%

Cuba

1.5%

7.2 per 1M people

0.10 per 1M people

Merchant Fleet Size

1.3K

Air Passengers

1.47M

137.0K

Broadband Access (%)

24 per 100 people

3.0 per 100 people

Shipping Traffic

1.72M

261.1K

Unemployment Rate

8.5%

1.5%

Youth Unemployment Rate

19.25% of youth labor force

4.3% of youth labor force

Seafood Consumption per Person

23.42 kg/person/yr

6.1 kg/person/yr

CO2 Per Capita

7.6 t/person/yr

2.2 t/person/yr

Road Traffic Death Rate

16.2 per 100k

5.4 per 100k

Protected Land (%)

34.6%

15.6%

Beer Consumption

3.4 L/person/yr

1.6 L/person/yr

Obesity Rate

47.61%

23.54%

Irrigated Land

10 km²

8.7K km²

Highest Elevation

1.3 m

2.0K m

Inflation Rate

0.40%

76.1%

Scientific Publications

17.75

1.2K

Agricultural Land (%)

1.3%

61.67%

Armed Forces Personnel

2.0K

76.0K

Population

415.3K

10.06M

Bahamas vs Cuba

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Merchant Fleet Size

Air Passengers

Broadband Access (%)

Shipping Traffic

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

CO2 Per Capita

Road Traffic Death Rate

Protected Land (%)

Beer Consumption

Obesity Rate

Irrigated Land

Highest Elevation

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Agricultural Land (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Population

Renewable Energy (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electric Generating Capacity

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Land Area

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Forest Area

Doctors (per 1,000)

Suicide Rate

Infant Mortality

Government Debt (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Birth Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Tourist Arrivals

Forest Coverage (%)

Population Density

Corruption Perceptions Index

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Airports

Child Mortality

Death Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Capital Elevation

Health Spending (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Smoking Rate

Internet Users (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Elderly Population (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Meat Consumption per Person

Women in Senior Management

Insufficient Physical Activity

Median Age

Youth Population (%)

Spirits Consumption

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Tourism Revenue

Hypertension Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Dependency Ratio

Human Development Index

Average Weekly Work Hours

Food Waste per Person

Milk Consumption per Person