HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan vs Vietnam
Verdict
Pakistan and Vietnam are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Pakistan leads on military spending (53% of the combined total, $11.9bn) and active personnel (57% of the combined total, 652.0k), which Vietnam 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Pakistan | Share | Vietnam | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $11.9bn | 53%47% | $10.5bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $372bn | 44%56% | $476bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 652.0k | 57%43% | 482.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 41 | 52%48% | 38 | 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.
