HEAD TO HEAD

Australia vs Egypt

Verdict

Australia holds a 71–29 advantage over Egypt on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.

The margin is driven by military spending (93% of the combined total, $35.3bn) and economic size (GDP) (82% of the combined total, $1.8tn). Egypt leads on active personnel.

1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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

FactorAustraliaShareEgyptWeight
Military spending
SIPRI Milex
$35.3bn
93%7%
$2.5bn33%
Economic size (GDP)
World Bank WDI
$1.8tn
82%18%
$389bn27%
Active personnel
COW NMC
60.0k
12%88%
439.0k20%
Logistics & power projection
OurAirports
213
79%21%
5820%

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.

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