Canada holds a 80–20 advantage over Ethiopia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (99% of the combined total, $37.5bn) and economic size (GDP) (94% of the combined total, $2.2tn). Ethiopia leads on active personnel.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Canada | Share | Ethiopia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $37.5bn | 99%1% | $528m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.2tn | 94%6% | $150bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 67.0k | 12%88% | 503.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 460 | 97%3% | 16 | 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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