HEAD TO HEAD
Egypt vs Iraq
Verdict
Egypt and Iraq are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Egypt leads on economic size (GDP) (58% of the combined total, $389bn) and active personnel (69% of the combined total, 439.0k), which Iraq 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Egypt | Share | Iraq | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.5bn | 28%72% | $6.4bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $389bn | 58%42% | $280bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 439.0k | 69%31% | 193.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 58 | 62%38% | 36 | 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.
