HEAD TO HEAD
Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe
Verdict
Nigeria holds a 97–3 advantage over Sao Tome and Principe on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (100% of the combined total, $252bn) and active personnel (99% of the combined total, 143.0k).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Nigeria | Share | Sao Tome and Principe | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $252bn | 100%0% | $822m | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 143.0k | 99%1% | 1.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 34 | 89%11% | 4 | 30% |
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.
