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Canada vs Türkiye

Canada
54%
RAI
Türkiye
46%

Verdict

Canada holds a 54–46 advantage over Türkiye on the Relative Advantage Index.

The margin is driven by military spending (56% of the combined total, $37.5bn) and economic size (GDP) (62% of the combined total, $2.2tn). Türkiye 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 by factor

FactorCanadaShareTürkiyeWeight
Military spending
SIPRI Milex
$37.5bn
56%44%
$30.0bn33%
Economic size (GDP)
World Bank WDI
$2.2tn
62%38%
$1.4tn27%
Active personnel
COW NMC
67.0k
16%84%
355.0k20%
Logistics & power projection
OurAirports
460
79%21%
12020%

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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