HEAD TO HEAD
Mali vs Mauritania
Verdict
Mali holds a 64–36 advantage over Mauritania on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (75% of the combined total, $953m) and economic size (GDP) (71% of the combined total, $26.8bn). Mauritania leads on logistics & power projection.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Mali | Share | Mauritania | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $953m | 75%25% | $322m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $26.8bn | 71%29% | $10.9bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 21.0k | 57%43% | 16.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 45%55% | 6 | 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.
