Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are close to evenly matched, 51–49 on the Relative Advantage Index.
Guyana leads on military spending (52% of the combined total, $248m) and logistics & power projection (64% of the combined total, 7), which Trinidad and Tobago offsets elsewhere.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Guyana | Share | Trinidad and Tobago | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $248m | 52%48% | $230m | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $24.7bn | 49%51% | $25.6bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 3.0k | 38%63% | 5.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 7 | 64%36% | 4 | 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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