Guinea holds a 83–17 advantage over Guinea-Bissau on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (96% of the combined total, $601m) and economic size (GDP) (92% of the combined total, $25.0bn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Guinea | Share | Guinea-Bissau | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $601m | 96%4% | $22.4m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $25.0bn | 92%8% | $2.2bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 10.0k | 71%29% | 4.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 63%38% | 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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