HEAD TO HEAD
Australia vs Italy
Verdict
Italy holds a 57–43 advantage over Australia on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (58% of the combined total, $48.1bn) and economic size (GDP) (58% of the combined total, $2.4tn). 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Italy | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $35.3bn | 42%58% | $48.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $1.8tn | 42%58% | $2.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 60.0k | 27%73% | 161.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 213 | 58%42% | 152 | 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.
