HEAD TO HEAD
Australia vs India
Verdict
India holds a 70–30 advantage over Australia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (72% of the combined total, $92.1bn) and active personnel (96% of the combined total, 1.5m). Australia 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Australia | Share | India | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $35.3bn | 28%72% | $92.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $1.8tn | 31%69% | $3.9tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 60.0k | 4%96% | 1.5m | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 213 | 59%41% | 146 | 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.
