HEAD TO HEAD
Antigua and Barbuda vs Barbados
Verdict
Barbados holds a 68–32 advantage over Antigua and Barbuda on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (77% of the combined total, $7.5bn) and active personnel (100% of the combined total, 1.0k). Antigua and Barbuda leads on logistics & power projection.
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Antigua and Barbuda | Share | Barbados | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.2bn | 23%77% | $7.5bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 0 | 0%100% | 1.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 3 | 75%25% | 1 | 30% |
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.
