Bahamas vs Cayman Islands: country risk compared

Bahamas currently carries the higher assessed risk (5.3 vs 4.9 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher governance and institutions risk (3.3 vs 2.6).

🇧🇸 Bahamas (5.3/10, High) vs 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (4.9/10, Moderate).

Side by side

IndicatorBahamasCayman Islands
RegActions risk score5.3/10 (High)4.9/10 (Moderate)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)4.0/102.8/10
Corruption (CPI)64/100 (rank #29)No score
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20172019
BO registerNone identifiedRestricted (live since 2017)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Bahamas: last mutual evaluation 2017 · report
  • Cayman Islands: last mutual evaluation 2019 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Bahamas is complete with low confidence and Cayman Islands is complete with medium confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.