Italy holds a 74–26 advantage over Egypt on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (95% of the combined total, $48.1bn) and economic size (GDP) (86% of the combined total, $2.4tn). Egypt 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Egypt | Share | Italy | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.5bn | 5%95% | $48.1bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $389bn | 14%86% | $2.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 439.0k | 73%27% | 161.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 58 | 28%72% | 152 | 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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