HEAD TO HEAD
Guyana vs Trinidad and Tobago
Verdict
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Guyana leads on military spending (52% of the combined total, $248m) and logistics & power projection (64% of the combined total, 7), which Trinidad and Tobago offsets elsewhere.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Guyana | Share | Trinidad and Tobago | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $248m | 52%48% | $230m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $24.7bn | 49%51% | $25.6bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 3.0k | 38%63% | 5.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 7 | 64%36% | 4 | 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.
