Guatemala holds a 84–16 advantage over Belize on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (95% of the combined total, $633m) and economic size (GDP) (97% of the combined total, $113bn). Belize leads on logistics & power projection.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Belize | Share | Guatemala | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $33.3m | 5%95% | $633m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $3.2bn | 3%97% | $113bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0k | 10%90% | 18.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 9 | 56%44% | 7 | 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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