Guyana holds a 69–31 advantage over Suriname on the Relative Advantage Index, a clear margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (85% of the combined total, $24.7bn) and active personnel (60% of the combined total, 3.0k).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Guyana | Share | Suriname | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $24.7bn | 85%15% | $4.4bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 3.0k | 60%40% | 2.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 7 | 58%42% | 5 | 30% |
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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