HEAD TO HEAD
Liberia vs Sierra Leone
Verdict
Sierra Leone holds a 56–44 advantage over Liberia on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by active personnel (82% of the combined total, 9.0k) and economic size (GDP) (59% of the combined total, $7.0bn). Liberia leads on military spending.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Liberia | Share | Sierra Leone | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $44.2m | 58%42% | $32.2m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $4.8bn | 41%59% | $7.0bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 18%82% | 9.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 7 | 50%50% | 7 | 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.
