Tunisia holds a 57–43 advantage over Libya on the Relative Advantage Index.
The margin is driven by active personnel (84% of the combined total, 36.0k) and economic size (GDP) (51% of the combined total, $51.3bn). Libya 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Libya | Share | Tunisia | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $1.6bn | 51%49% | $1.5bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $48.5bn | 49%51% | $51.3bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 7.0k | 16%84% | 36.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 27 | 49%51% | 28 | 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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