United States holds a 95–5 advantage over Colombia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (99% of the combined total, $954bn) and economic size (GDP) (99% of the combined total, $28.8tn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | United States | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $14.5bn | 2%99% | $954bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $419bn | 1%99% | $28.8tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 256.0k | 16%84% | 1.4m | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 66 | 4%96% | 1.6k | 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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