HEAD TO HEAD
India vs North Korea
Verdict
India holds a 81–19 advantage over North Korea on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (98% of the combined total, $92.1bn) and nuclear warheads (78% of the combined total, 180).
1 factor — economic size (GDP) — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | North Korea | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $92.1bn | 98%2% | $1.6bn | 31% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 1.5m | 53%47% | 1.3m | 19% |
Nuclear warheads FAS Nuclear Notebook | 180 | 78%22% | 50 | 31% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 146 | 84%16% | 27 | 19% |
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.
