HEAD TO HEAD
Jordan vs Syria
Verdict
Jordan and Syria are close to evenly matched, 50–50 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Jordan leads on economic size (GDP) (69% of the combined total, $53.4bn) and military spending (51% of the combined total, $2.6bn), which Syria 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Jordan | Share | Syria | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.6bn | 51%49% | $2.5bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $53.4bn | 69%31% | $23.6bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 101.0k | 37%63% | 169.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 33%67% | 10 | 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.
