India holds a 68–32 advantage over Brazil on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (79% of the combined total, $92.1bn) and economic size (GDP) (64% of the combined total, $3.9tn). Brazil 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Brazil | Share | India | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $23.9bn | 21%79% | $92.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.2tn | 36%64% | $3.9tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 367.0k | 20%80% | 1.5m | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 183 | 56%44% | 146 | 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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