Senegal holds a 58–42 advantage over Guinea on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by logistics & power projection (76% of the combined total, 16) and economic size (GDP) (57% of the combined total, $32.8bn). Guinea leads on military spending.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Senegal | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $601m | 51%49% | $567m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $25.0bn | 43%57% | $32.8bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 10.0k | 42%58% | 14.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 5 | 24%76% | 16 | 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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