HEAD TO HEAD
Italy vs Vatican
Verdict
Italy holds a 89–11 advantage over Vatican on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by active personnel (89% of the combined total, 161.0k).
4 factors — military spending, economic size (GDP), nuclear warheads, logistics & power projection — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Italy | Share | Vatican | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Active personnel COW NMC | 161.0k | 89%11% | 19.0k | 100% |
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.
