HEAD TO HEAD

France vs Indonesia

Verdict

France holds a 63–37 advantage over Indonesia on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.

The margin is driven by military spending (82% of the combined total, $68.0bn) and economic size (GDP) (69% of the combined total, $3.2tn). Indonesia 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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

FactorFranceShareIndonesiaWeight
Military spending
SIPRI Milex
$68.0bn
82%18%
$15.0bn33%
Economic size (GDP)
World Bank WDI
$3.2tn
69%31%
$1.4tn27%
Active personnel
COW NMC
203.0k
34%66%
396.0k20%
Logistics & power projection
OurAirports
200
50%50%
19820%

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.

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