Military Strength: Burundi vs Uganda

Uganda (ranked #89 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burundi (#125) on the ATLAS Index. Burundi fields 31,000 active troops vs 46,000 for Uganda, backed by 10,000 reserves and 1,400 paramilitary. Uganda's $1.3B defense budget is 12:1 that of Burundi ($0.1B).

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BurundiWorld #125 10.6

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Uganda leads on 4 of 6 pillars

UgandaWorld #89 17.1

31.031K active troops Manpower10 % 34.546K active troops
16.110 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 28.6240 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
10.60 combat aircraft Air power25 % 19.26 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
10.4$108M budget Defense budget15 % 19.4$1.3B budget

Burundi Uganda 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

	Burundi	Uganda	Ratio
Defense budget	$108M	$1.3B	🇺🇬 12×
– share of GDP	3.5%	2.0%	🇧🇮 1.8×
Active personnel	31,000	46,000	🇺🇬 1.5×
Combat aircraft	0	6	🇺🇬
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	10	240	🇺🇬 24×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	10,000	🇺🇬
Paramilitary forces	21,000	1,400	🇧🇮 15×
Military aircraft (all types)	13	51	🇺🇬 3.9×
– helicopters	13	30	🇺🇬 2.3×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.0%	🇺🇬
Budget per capita	$8	$26	🇺🇬 3.3×
Population	14M	50M	🇺🇬 3.6×
GDP	$3.1B	$54B	🇺🇬 17×
GDP per capita	$219	$1,078	🇺🇬 4.9×
Land area	25,680 km²	197,100 km²	🇺🇬 7.7×
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—