HEAD TO HEAD
Colombia vs Iran
Verdict
Colombia and Iran are close to evenly matched, 50–50 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Colombia leads on military spending (66% of the combined total, $14.5bn), which Iran 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Colombia | Share | Iran | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $14.5bn | 66%34% | $7.4bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $419bn | 47%53% | $475bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 256.0k | 30%70% | 610.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 66 | 46%54% | 76 | 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.
