Military Strength: Benin vs Eswatini

Benin (ranked #145 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Eswatini (#160) on the ATLAS Index. Benin maintains an active force of 7,250 military personnel. Benin's $0.2B defense budget is 2.2:1 that of Eswatini ($0.07B).

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BeninWorld #145 7.1

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Benin leads on 3 of 6 pillars

EswatiniWorld #160 3.1

21.77,250 active troops Manpower10 % 0.00 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 % 6.90 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
11.3$150M budget Defense budget15 % 9.3$68M budget

Benin Eswatini 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	Eswatini	Ratio
Defense budget	$150M	$68M	🇧🇯 2.2×
– share of GDP	0.7%	1.4%	🇸🇿 2.0×
Active personnel	7,250	0	🇧🇯
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	5	🇧🇯 2.4×
– helicopters	9	5	🇧🇯 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$10	$54	🇸🇿 5.3×
Population	14.8M	1.3M	🇧🇯 12×
GDP	$25B	$5.2B	🇧🇯 4.8×
GDP per capita	$1,658	$4,108	🇸🇿 2.5×
Land area	114,305 km²	17,204 km²	🇧🇯 6.6×
Coastline	121 km	0 km	🇧🇯