HEAD TO HEAD
Albania vs Malta
Verdict
Albania holds a 71–29 advantage over Malta on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (83% of the combined total, $624m) and active personnel (80% of the combined total, 8.0k).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side. Those factors are excluded and the remaining weights renormalised, never substituted.
Factor by factor
| Factor | Albania | Share | Malta | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $624m | 83%17% | $125m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $27.0bn | 52%48% | $25.0bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 8.0k | 80%20% | 2.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 6 | 67%33% | 3 | 20% |
Shares are each side's portion of the combined total for that factor. Weights are renormalised across the factors both sides publish — see the methodology. Data read 2026-10-22.
