HEAD TO HEAD
Brazil vs Canada
Verdict
Brazil and Canada are close to evenly matched, 49–51 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Brazil leads on active personnel (85% of the combined total, 367.0k), which Canada 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Brazil | Share | Canada | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $23.9bn | 39%61% | $37.5bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.2tn | 49%51% | $2.2tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 367.0k | 85%15% | 67.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 183 | 28%72% | 460 | 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.
