HEAD TO HEAD
Australia vs Indonesia
Verdict
Australia and Indonesia are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Australia leads on military spending (70% of the combined total, $35.3bn) and economic size (GDP) (56% of the combined total, $1.8tn), which Indonesia offsets elsewhere.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Indonesia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $35.3bn | 70%30% | $15.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $1.8tn | 56%44% | $1.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 60.0k | 13%87% | 396.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 213 | 52%48% | 198 | 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.
