HEAD TO HEAD
Guinea vs Liberia
Verdict
Guinea holds a 78–22 advantage over Liberia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (93% of the combined total, $601m) and economic size (GDP) (84% of the combined total, $25.0bn). Liberia leads on logistics & power projection.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Guinea | Share | Liberia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $601m | 93%7% | $44.2m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $25.0bn | 84%16% | $4.8bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 10.0k | 83%17% | 2.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 42%58% | 7 | 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.
