HEAD TO HEAD
Germany vs India
Verdict
India holds a 57–43 advantage over Germany on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by active personnel (89% of the combined total, 1.5m) and logistics & power projection (59% of the combined total, 146). Germany leads on military spending and economic size (GDP).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Germany | Share | India | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $114bn | 55%45% | $92.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $4.7tn | 55%45% | $3.9tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 183.0k | 11%89% | 1.5m | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 100 | 41%59% | 146 | 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.
