HEAD TO HEAD
Albania vs Serbia
Verdict
Serbia holds a 72–28 advantage over Albania on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (82% of the combined total, $2.8bn) and economic size (GDP) (77% of the combined total, $90.1bn). Albania leads on logistics & power projection.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Serbia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $624m | 18%82% | $2.8bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $27.0bn | 23%77% | $90.1bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 8.0k | 22%78% | 28.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 6 | 55%45% | 5 | 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.
