The revealed comparative advantage is an index used in international economics for calculating the relative advantage or disadvantage of a certain country in a certain class of goods or services as evidenced by trade flows. It is based on the Ricardian comparative advantage concept.

It most commonly refers to an index, called the Balassa index, introduced by Béla Balassa (1965).

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RCA is easy to interpret because they have only two categories; if below or above 1. If it's above 1, then is considered that RCA is showing a competitive advantage, and if it's below then it is considered that RCA is not showing a comparative advantage.

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