HEAD TO HEAD
Australia vs Mexico
Verdict
Australia holds a 55–45 advantage over Mexico on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (72% of the combined total, $35.3bn) and logistics & power projection (71% of the combined total, 213). Mexico leads on active personnel and economic size (GDP).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Mexico | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $35.3bn | 72%28% | $13.6bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $1.8tn | 49%51% | $1.9tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 60.0k | 22%78% | 216.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 213 | 71%29% | 89 | 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.
