Germany holds a 92–8 advantage over Austria on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (95% of the combined total, $114bn) and economic size (GDP) (90% of the combined total, $4.7tn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Austria | Share | Germany | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $6.4bn | 5%95% | $114bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $535bn | 10%90% | $4.7tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 23.0k | 11%89% | 183.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 9 | 8%92% | 100 | 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 2026-08-04.
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