China holds a 100–0 advantage over Bhutan on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (100% of the combined total, $18.7tn) and active personnel (100% of the combined total, 2.0m).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Bhutan | Share | China | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $3.0bn | 0%100% | $18.7tn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 6.0k | 0%100% | 2.0m | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 2 | 1%100% | 402 | 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 2026-08-04.
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