Trinidad and Tobago holds a 84–16 advantage over St. Lucia on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by economic size (GDP) (91% of the combined total, $25.6bn) and active personnel (100% of the combined total, 5.0k).
2 factors — military spending, nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | St. Lucia | Share | Trinidad and Tobago | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $2.5bn | 9%91% | $25.6bn | 40% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 0 | 0%100% | 5.0k | 30% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 3 | 43%57% | 4 | 30% |
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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