France holds a 76–24 advantage over Thailand on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (92% of the combined total, $68.0bn) and economic size (GDP) (86% of the combined total, $3.2tn). Thailand 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | France | Share | Thailand | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $68.0bn | 92%8% | $6.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $3.2tn | 86%14% | $527bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 203.0k | 36%64% | 361.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 200 | 76%24% | 64 | 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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