HEAD TO HEAD
Guinea vs Sierra Leone
Verdict
Guinea holds a 71–29 advantage over Sierra Leone on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (95% of the combined total, $601m) and economic size (GDP) (78% of the combined total, $25.0bn). Sierra Leone 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Sierra Leone | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $601m | 95%5% | $32.2m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $25.0bn | 78%22% | $7.0bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 10.0k | 53%47% | 9.0k | 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.
