Germany holds a 97–3 advantage over Estonia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (99% of the combined total, $114bn) and economic size (GDP) (99% of the combined total, $4.7tn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Estonia | Share | Germany | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $1.6bn | 1%99% | $114bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $43.1bn | 1%99% | $4.7tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 7.0k | 4%96% | 183.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 9 | 8%92% | 100 | 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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