Egypt holds a 78–22 advantage over Libya on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (89% of the combined total, $389bn) and military spending (61% of the combined total, $2.5bn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Libya | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.5bn | 61%39% | $1.6bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $389bn | 89%11% | $48.5bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 439.0k | 98%2% | 7.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 58 | 68%32% | 27 | 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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