Italy holds a 55–45 advantage over Türkiye on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by military spending (62% of the combined total, $48.1bn) and economic size (GDP) (64% of the combined total, $2.4tn). Türkiye leads on active personnel.
1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Italy | Share | Türkiye | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $48.1bn | 62%38% | $30.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.4tn | 64%36% | $1.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 161.0k | 31%69% | 355.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 152 | 56%44% | 120 | 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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