HEAD TO HEAD
Palau vs Philippines
Verdict
Philippines holds a 100–0 advantage over Palau on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (100% of the combined total, $462bn) and active personnel (100% of the combined total, 145.0k).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Palau | Share | Philippines | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $277m | 0%100% | $462bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 0 | 0%100% | 145.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 2 | 2%98% | 127 | 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.
