China holds a 95–5 advantage over Myanmar on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (99% of the combined total, $336bn) and economic size (GDP) (100% of the combined total, $18.7tn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | China | Share | Myanmar | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $336bn | 99%1% | $5.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $18.7tn | 100%0% | $74.1bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 2.0m | 85%15% | 356.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 402 | 94%6% | 25 | 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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