Iran holds a 71–29 advantage over Myanmar on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (87% of the combined total, $475bn) and military spending (60% of the combined total, $7.4bn).
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Iran | Share | Myanmar | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $7.4bn | 60%40% | $5.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $475bn | 87%13% | $74.1bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 610.0k | 63%37% | 356.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 76 | 75%25% | 25 | 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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