Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Djibouti

Djibouti (ranked #120 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#126) on the ATLAS Index. Burkina Faso fields 11,000 active troops vs 13,000 for Djibouti, backed by 2,000 paramilitary. Burkina Faso's $1B defense budget is 29:1 that of Djibouti ($0.04B).

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

Burkina FasoWorld #126 10.5

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Djibouti leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

DjiboutiWorld #120 11.7

25.911K active troops Manpower10 % 23.013K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 22.129 warships
16.63 combat aircraft Air power25 % 14.40 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.0$1B budget Defense budget15 % 7.9$36M budget

Burkina Faso Djibouti 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	Djibouti	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$36M	🇧🇫 29×
– share of GDP	4.5%	2.6%	🇧🇫 1.7×
Active personnel	11,000	13,000	🇩🇯 1.2×
Combat aircraft	3	0	🇧🇫
Warships	0	29	🇩🇯
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
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	17	🇧🇫 1.5×
– helicopters	19	10	🇧🇫 1.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.1%	🇩🇯
Budget per capita	$44	$41	🇧🇫 1.1×
Population	23.5M	1.2M	🇧🇫 20×
GDP	$23B	$4.2B	🇧🇫 5.6×
GDP per capita	$982	$3,553	🇩🇯 3.6×
Land area	273,602 km²	23,180 km²	🇧🇫 12×
Coastline	0 km	314 km	🇩🇯