Military Strength: Benin vs Malawi

Malawi (ranked #144 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Benin (#145) on the ATLAS Index. Benin fields 7,250 active troops vs 10,700 for Malawi, backed by 4,200 paramilitary. Benin allocates $0.2B to defense compared to $0.09B for Malawi.

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BeninWorld #145 7.1

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Malawi leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

MalawiWorld #144 7.1

21.77,250 active troops Manpower10 % 23.510K 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 % 12.90 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
11.3$150M budget Defense budget15 % 10.0$90M budget

Benin Malawi 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	Malawi	Ratio
Defense budget	$150M	$90M	🇧🇯 1.7×
– share of GDP	0.7%	0.8%	🇲🇼 1.1×
Active personnel	7,250	10,700	🇲🇼 1.5×
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	4,200	🇧🇯 1.1×
Military aircraft (all types)	12	12	—
– helicopters	9	8	🇧🇯 1.1×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$10	$4	🇧🇯 2.5×
Population	14.8M	22.2M	🇲🇼 1.5×
GDP	$25B	$15B	🇧🇯 1.6×
GDP per capita	$1,658	$672	🇧🇯 2.5×
Land area	114,305 km²	94,080 km²	🇧🇯 1.2×
Coastline	121 km	0 km	🇧🇯