Türkiye holds a 70–30 advantage over Thailand on the Relative Advantage Index, a decisive margin.
The margin is driven by military spending (83% of the combined total, $30.0bn) and economic size (GDP) (72% of the combined total, $1.4tn). Thailand 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1 factor — nuclear warheads — could not be scored because the figure is unpublished for at least one side.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 | Thailand | Share | Türkiye | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Military spending SIPRI Milex | $6.0bn | 17%83% | $30.0bn | 33% |
Economic size (GDP) World Bank WDI | $527bn | 28%72% | $1.4tn | 27% |
Active personnel COW NMC | 361.0k | 50%50% | 355.0k | 20% |
Logistics & power projection OurAirports | 64 | 35%65% | 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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