Greece holds a 96–4 advantage over Malta on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (99% of the combined total, $8.4bn) and economic size (GDP) (91% of the combined total, $256bn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Greece | Share | Malta | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $8.4bn | 99%1% | $125m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $256bn | 91%9% | $25.0bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 132.0k | 99%1% | 2.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 93 | 97%3% | 3 | 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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