Colombia holds a 54–46 advantage over Thailand on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (71% of the combined total, $14.5bn) and logistics & power projection (51% of the combined total, 66). Thailand leads on active personnel and economic size (GDP).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Colombia | Share | Thailand | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $14.5bn | 71%29% | $6.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $419bn | 44%56% | $527bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 256.0k | 41%59% | 361.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 66 | 51%49% | 64 | 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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