Mexico holds a 73–27 advantage over Myanmar on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (96% of the combined total, $1.9tn) and military spending (73% of the combined total, $13.6bn). Myanmar 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Mexico | Share | Myanmar | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $13.6bn | 73%27% | $5.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $1.9tn | 96%4% | $74.1bn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 216.0k | 38%62% | 356.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 89 | 78%22% | 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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