Pakistan holds a 61–39 advantage over Egypt on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (83% of the combined total, $11.9bn) and active personnel (60% of the combined total, 652.0k). Egypt leads on logistics & power projection 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Egypt | Share | Pakistan | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.5bn | 17%83% | $11.9bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $389bn | 51%49% | $372bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 439.0k | 40%60% | 652.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 58 | 59%41% | 41 | 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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