Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast (ranked #117 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#126) on the ATLAS Index. Ivory Coast fields 27,000 active troops — 2.5:1 Burkina Faso's 11,000. Burkina Faso allocates $1B to defense compared to $0.7B for Ivory Coast.

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

Burkina FasoWorld #126 10.5

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Ivory Coast leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

Ivory CoastWorld #117 12.1

25.911K active troops Manpower10 % 29.727K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 13.95 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
16.63 combat aircraft Air power25 % 14.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.0$1B budget Defense budget15 % 16.6$697M budget

Burkina Faso Ivory Coast 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

	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$697M	🇧🇫 1.5×
– share of GDP	4.5%	0.8%	🇧🇫 5.6×
Active personnel	11,000	27,000	🇨🇮 2.5×
Combat aircraft	3	0	🇧🇫
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	5	🇨🇮
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	0	🇧🇫
Military aircraft (all types)	26	17	🇧🇫 1.5×
– helicopters	19	10	🇧🇫 1.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$44	$22	🇧🇫 2.0×
Population	23.5M	31.9M	🇨🇮 1.4×
GDP	$23B	$87B	🇨🇮 3.8×
GDP per capita	$982	$2,728	🇨🇮 2.8×
Land area	273,602 km²	318,003 km²	🇨🇮 1.2×
Coastline	0 km	515 km	🇨🇮