HEAD TO HEAD
Burkina Faso vs Mali
Verdict
Mali holds a 61–39 advantage over Burkina Faso on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (52% of the combined total, $953m) and active personnel (75% of the combined total, 21.0k).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Burkina Faso | Share | Mali | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $892m | 48%52% | $953m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $23.1bn | 46%54% | $26.8bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 7.0k | 25%75% | 21.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 2 | 29%71% | 5 | 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.
