Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Mauritania

Mauritania (ranked #117 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#124) on the ARMS Index. Burkina Faso fields 11,000 active troops vs 21,000 for Mauritania, backed by 5,000 paramilitary. Burkina Faso's $1B defense budget is 4.0:1 that of Mauritania ($0.3B).

ARMS (Aggregate Rating of Military Strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

Burkina FasoWorld #124 15.3

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Mauritania leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

MauritaniaWorld #117 17.1

48.011K active troops Manpower15 % 50.621K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 33.825 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
24.43 combat aircraft Air power25 % 15.10 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
33.6$1B budget Defense budget10 % 23.6$262M budget

Burkina Faso Mauritania Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.06 vs ×0.94 · Methodology

Key figures

	Burkina Faso	Mauritania	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$262M	🇧🇫 4.0×
– share of GDP	4.5%	2.4%	🇧🇫 1.9×
Active personnel	11,000	21,000	🇲🇷 1.9×
Combat aircraft	3	0	🇧🇫
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	25	🇲🇷
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	5,000	—
Military aircraft (all types)	26	23	🇧🇫 1.1×
– helicopters	19	4	🇧🇫 4.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$44	$51	🇲🇷 1.1×
Population	23.5M	5.2M	🇧🇫 4.6×
GDP	$23B	$11B	🇧🇫 2.1×
GDP per capita	$982	$2,110	🇲🇷 2.1×
Land area	273,602 km²	1,025,520 km²	🇲🇷 3.7×
Coastline	0 km	754 km	🇲🇷