Military Strength: Benin vs Lesotho

Benin (ranked #145 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Lesotho (#152) on the ATLAS Index. Benin fields 7,250 active troops — 3.6:1 Lesotho's 2,000, backed by 4,800 paramilitary. Benin's $0.2B defense budget is 4.4:1 that of Lesotho ($0.03B).

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BeninWorld #145 7.1

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Benin leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

LesothoWorld #152 5.9

21.77,250 active troops Manpower10 % 15.02,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
12.60 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.70 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
11.3$150M budget Defense budget15 % 7.8$34M budget

Benin Lesotho 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	Lesotho	Ratio
Defense budget	$150M	$34M	🇧🇯 4.4×
– share of GDP	0.7%	1.5%	🇱🇸 2.1×
Active personnel	7,250	2,000	🇧🇯 3.6×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	4,800	0	🇧🇯
Military aircraft (all types)	12	9	🇧🇯 1.3×
– helicopters	9	6	🇧🇯 1.5×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$10	$14	🇱🇸 1.4×
Population	14.8M	2.4M	🇧🇯 6.3×
GDP	$25B	$2.6B	🇧🇯 9.5×
GDP per capita	$1,658	$1,089	🇧🇯 1.5×
Land area	114,305 km²	30,355 km²	🇧🇯 3.8×
Coastline	121 km	0 km	🇧🇯