Cameroon holds a 58–42 advantage over Chad on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (73% of the combined total, $53.3bn) and logistics & power projection (69% of the combined total, 11). Chad leads on active personnel and military spending.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Cameroon | Share | Chad | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $627m | 49%51% | $649m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $53.3bn | 73%27% | $19.5bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 25.0k | 43%57% | 33.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 11 | 69%31% | 5 | 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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