South Korea holds a 73–27 advantage over Egypt on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (95% of the combined total, $47.8bn) and economic size (GDP) (83% of the combined total, $1.9tn). Egypt 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Egypt | Share | South Korea | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $2.5bn | 5%95% | $47.8bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $389bn | 17%83% | $1.9tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 439.0k | 44%56% | 555.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 58 | 60%40% | 38 | 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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