HEAD TO HEAD
Mauritania vs Senegal
Verdict
Senegal holds a 65–35 advantage over Mauritania on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (64% of the combined total, $567m) and economic size (GDP) (75% of the combined total, $32.8bn). Mauritania leads on active personnel.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Mauritania | Share | Senegal | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $322m | 36%64% | $567m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $10.9bn | 25%75% | $32.8bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 16.0k | 53%47% | 14.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 6 | 27%73% | 16 | 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.
