HEAD TO HEAD
Chad vs Niger
Verdict
Chad and Niger are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Chad leads on military spending (57% of the combined total, $649m), which Niger 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Chad | Share | Niger | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $649m | 57%43% | $489m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $19.5bn | 50%50% | $19.9bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 33.0k | 50%50% | 33.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 45%55% | 6 | 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.
