Military Strength: Angola vs Djibouti

Angola (ranked #107 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Djibouti (#120) on the ATLAS Index. Angola fields 117,000 active troops — 9.0:1 Djibouti's 13,000, backed by 10,000 paramilitary. Angola's $1B defense budget is 28:1 that of Djibouti ($0.04B).

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AngolaWorld #107 13.6

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Angola leads on 3 of 6 pillars

DjiboutiWorld #120 11.7

41.7117K active troops Manpower10 % 23.013K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 22.129 warships
26.187 combat aircraft Air power25 % 14.40 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
18.2$1B budget Defense budget15 % 7.9$36M budget

Angola Djibouti Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Angola	Djibouti	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$36M	🇦🇴 28×
– share of GDP	1.0%	2.6%	🇩🇯 2.6×
Active personnel	117,000	13,000	🇦🇴 9.0×
Combat aircraft	87	0	🇦🇴
Warships	0	29	🇩🇯
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	10,000	2,000	🇦🇴 5.0×
Military aircraft (all types)	280	17	🇦🇴 16×
– helicopters	115	10	🇦🇴 12×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.1%	🇩🇯
Budget per capita	$27	$41	🇩🇯 1.5×
Population	37.9M	1.2M	🇦🇴 32×
GDP	$101B	$4.2B	🇦🇴 24×
GDP per capita	$2,666	$3,553	🇩🇯 1.3×
Land area	1,246,700 km²	23,180 km²	🇦🇴 54×
Coastline	1,600 km	314 km	🇦🇴 5.1×