HEAD TO HEAD
India vs Italy
Verdict
India holds a 66–34 advantage over Italy on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (66% of the combined total, $92.1bn) and active personnel (90% of the combined total, 1.5m). Italy 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | India | Share | Italy | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $92.1bn | 66%34% | $48.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $3.9tn | 62%38% | $2.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 1.5m | 90%10% | 161.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 146 | 49%51% | 152 | 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.
