Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Congo

Congo (ranked #119 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#126) on the ATLAS Index. Burkina Faso fields 11,000 active troops vs 12,000 for Congo, backed by 2,000 paramilitary. Burkina Faso's $1B defense budget is 5.5:1 that of Congo ($0.2B).

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

Burkina FasoWorld #126 10.5

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Congo leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

CongoWorld #119 11.7

25.911K active troops Manpower10 % 22.812K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 21.230 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
16.63 combat aircraft Air power25 % 13.02 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.0$1B budget Defense budget15 % 12.0$189M budget

Burkina Faso Congo 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	Congo	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$189M	🇧🇫 5.5×
– share of GDP	4.5%	1.2%	🇧🇫 3.8×
Active personnel	11,000	12,000	🇨🇬 1.1×
Combat aircraft	3	2	🇧🇫 1.5×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	30	🇨🇬
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	2,000	🇧🇫 2.5×
Military aircraft (all types)	26	14	🇧🇫 1.9×
– helicopters	19	8	🇧🇫 2.4×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$44	$30	🇧🇫 1.5×
Population	23.5M	6.3M	🇧🇫 3.7×
GDP	$23B	$16B	🇧🇫 1.5×
GDP per capita	$982	$2,482	🇨🇬 2.5×
Land area	273,602 km²	341,500 km²	🇨🇬 1.2×
Coastline	0 km	205 km	🇨🇬