Côte d'Ivoire holds a 56–44 advantage over Ghana on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (60% of the combined total, $759m) and economic size (GDP) (51% of the combined total, $87.1bn). Ghana leads on logistics & power projection.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Côte d'Ivoire | Share | Ghana | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $759m | 60%40% | $507m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $87.1bn | 51%49% | $82.3bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 27.0k | 63%37% | 16.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 7 | 47%53% | 8 | 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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