HEAD TO HEAD
Suriname vs Trinidad and Tobago
Verdict
Trinidad and Tobago holds a 69–31 advantage over Suriname on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (85% of the combined total, $25.6bn) and active personnel (71% of the combined total, 5.0k). Suriname leads on logistics & power projection.
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Suriname | Share | Trinidad and Tobago | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $4.4bn | 15%85% | $25.6bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 29%71% | 5.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 56%44% | 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.
