HEAD TO HEAD
Austria vs Hungary
Verdict
Austria holds a 55–45 advantage over Hungary on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (71% of the combined total, $535bn) and military spending (56% of the combined total, $6.4bn). Hungary leads on active personnel and 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Austria | Share | Hungary | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $6.4bn | 56%44% | $5.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $535bn | 71%29% | $223bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 23.0k | 42%58% | 32.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 9 | 47%53% | 10 | 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.
