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136 III. Country Profiles<br />

BAHAMAS, THE<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 81/140 89/140 8 43/100 38/100 5<br />

Depth 22/140 33/140 11 34/50 32/50 2<br />

Breadth 120/140 129/140 9 9/50 7/50 2<br />

Trade Pillar 122/140 127/140 5 31/100 29/100 2<br />

BHS<br />

Capital Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

Information Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

People Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

55<br />

50<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

2011<br />

2012<br />

2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

The Bahamas’ The Bahamas’ Merchandise Share of Partners’ Exports, Imports’s 2013 Merchandise Exports, 2013<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

1. U.S.A. 84%<br />

2. U.K. 4%<br />

3. Canada 3%<br />

4. France 3%<br />

5. Germany 1%<br />

3<br />

1<br />

9<br />

6<br />

THE BAHAMAS<br />

The Bahamas’ Share of Partners’ Imports’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.05% 0.02% 0.01% unknown<br />

8<br />

6. Argentina 1%<br />

7. Australia 1%<br />

8. Brazil 1%<br />

9. Panama 1%<br />

10. Hong Kong 1%<br />

2<br />

5<br />

4<br />

10<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Crawfish, aragonite,<br />

crude salt, polystyrene<br />

products<br />

7<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Outward Inward<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward<br />

Trade 72/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 125/140 63/140 12% 37%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 8/140 16/140 33% 19%<br />

Capital · –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 20/131 4/140 41% 205%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 21/133 10/140 14% 56%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Information 25/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

64/140 40,484<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

14/140 6/140 495 734<br />

92/136 11/136 $0 $74<br />

People · –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 35/139 22/140 12% 16%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) · 2/131 · 3.8<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

· · · ·<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 127/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 123/139 120/140 3% 15%<br />

Capital · –<br />

BHS<br />

FDI Stock · · · ·<br />

FDI Flows · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –<br />

Information · –<br />

55<br />

International 50 Phone Calls · · · ·<br />

45<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

40<br />

53/136 131/136 29% 1%<br />

35<br />

30<br />

People 2005 2006 2007 200894/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012<br />

Migrants 74/139 75/130 4% 82%<br />

Tourists – 81/99 – 3%<br />

International Students – · – ·<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

2013<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank Level<br />

Rank Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 37/140 $21,908 Operating Environment (+) · ·<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 7/140 40% Infrastructure (+) · ·<br />

Remoteness (-) 75/140 4.9 Press Freedom (+) · ·<br />

Population (-) 138/140 0.4 Labor Freedom (+) 16/140 82<br />

Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 17/140 70<br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) · ·<br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 2/138 18.9<br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 125/135 0.0<br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 45/139 138<br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) · ·<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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