HEAD TO HEAD
El Salvador vs Honduras
Verdict
Honduras holds a 53–47 advantage over El Salvador on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (54% of the combined total, $580m) and logistics & power projection (69% of the combined total, 11). El Salvador leads on active personnel.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | El Salvador | Share | Honduras | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $490m | 46%54% | $580m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $35.4bn | 49%51% | $37.1bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 25.0k | 63%38% | 15.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 31%69% | 11 | 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.
