Cameroon holds a 90–10 advantage over Sao Tome and Principe on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (98% of the combined total, $53.3bn) and active personnel (96% of the combined total, 25.0k).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Cameroon | Share | Sao Tome and Principe | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $53.3bn | 98%2% | $822m | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 25.0k | 96%4% | 1.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 11 | 73%27% | 4 | 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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