Military Strength: Benin vs Gabon

Gabon (ranked #142 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Benin (#146) on the ATLAS Index. Benin fields 12,000 active troops vs 7,000 for Gabon, backed by 4,800 paramilitary. Gabon's $0.3B defense budget is 2.1:1 that of Benin ($0.2B).

ATLAS (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

BeninWorld #146 7.0

ATLAS Index / 100

Gabon leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

GabonWorld #142 7.9

21.712K active troops Manpower10 % 19.87,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
12.20 combat aircraft Air power25 % 15.36 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
11.3$150M budget Defense budget15 % 13.6$313M budget

Benin Gabon 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

	Benin	Gabon	Ratio
Defense budget	$150M	$313M	🇬🇦 2.1×
– share of GDP	0.7%	1.5%	🇬🇦 2.1×
Active personnel	12,000	7,000	🇧🇯 1.7×
Combat aircraft	0	6	🇬🇦
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

Show full breakdown · 11 more rowsHide the 11 extra rows

Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	4,800	2,000	🇧🇯 2.4×
Military aircraft (all types)	11	25	🇬🇦 2.3×
– helicopters	9	16	🇬🇦 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$10	$123	🇬🇦 12×
Population	14.5M	2.5M	🇧🇯 5.7×
GDP	$21B	$21B	🇧🇯 ≈
GDP per capita	$1,485	$8,230	🇬🇦 5.5×
Land area	114,305 km²	257,667 km²	🇬🇦 2.3×
Coastline	121 km	885 km	🇬🇦 7.3×