Military Strength: Angola vs Libya

Libya (ranked #84 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Angola (#107) on the ATLAS Index. Angola fields 117,000 active troops — 17:1 Libya's 7,000, backed by 10,000 paramilitary. Angola allocates $1B to defense compared to $1.6B for Libya.

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AngolaWorld #107 13.6

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Libya leads on 3 of 6 pillars

LibyaWorld #84 19.3

41.7117K active troops Manpower10 % 31.37,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 24.243 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 17.34 warships
26.187 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.520 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
18.2$1B budget Defense budget15 % 20.3$1.6B budget

Angola Libya 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	Libya	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$1.6B	🇱🇾 1.6×
– share of GDP	1.0%	5.3%	🇱🇾 5.3×
Active personnel	117,000	7,000	🇦🇴 17×
Combat aircraft	87	20	🇦🇴 4.3×
Warships	0	4	🇱🇾
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	43	🇱🇾
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	10,000	0	🇦🇴
Military aircraft (all types)	280	80	🇦🇴 3.5×
– helicopters	115	17	🇦🇴 6.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	5.5%	🇱🇾
Budget per capita	$27	$217	🇱🇾 8.1×
Population	37.9M	7.4M	🇦🇴 5.1×
GDP	$101B	$48B	🇦🇴 2.1×
GDP per capita	$2,666	$6,569	🇱🇾 2.5×
Land area	1,246,700 km²	1,759,540 km²	🇱🇾 1.4×
Coastline	1,600 km	1,770 km	🇱🇾 1.1×