HEAD TO HEAD
India vs Saudi Arabia
Verdict
India holds a 70–30 advantage over Saudi Arabia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (76% of the combined total, $3.9tn) and military spending (53% of the combined total, $92.1bn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Saudi Arabia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $92.1bn | 53%47% | $83.2bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $3.9tn | 76%24% | $1.2tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 1.5m | 85%15% | 257.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 146 | 74%26% | 50 | 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.
