HEAD TO HEAD
Benin vs Togo
Verdict
Benin and Togo are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Benin leads on economic size (GDP) (67% of the combined total, $21.5bn) and military spending (51% of the combined total, $217m), which Togo 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Benin | Share | Togo | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $217m | 51%49% | $205m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $21.5bn | 67%33% | $10.7bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 12.0k | 48%52% | 13.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 1 | 33%67% | 2 | 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.
