Military Strength: Burkina Faso vs Rwanda

Rwanda (ranked #117 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Burkina Faso (#125) on the ATLAS Index. Rwanda fields 33,000 active troops — 2.9:1 Burkina Faso's 11,200, backed by 2,000 paramilitary. Burkina Faso's $1B defense budget is 5.6:1 that of Rwanda ($0.2B).

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Burkina FasoWorld #125 10.6

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Rwanda leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

RwandaWorld #117 12.1

25.911K active troops Manpower10 % 30.433K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 19.924 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
17.03 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.60 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.0$1B budget Defense budget15 % 11.9$185M budget

Burkina Faso Rwanda 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	Rwanda	Ratio
Defense budget	$1B	$185M	🇧🇫 5.6×
– share of GDP	4.5%	1.3%	🇧🇫 3.5×
Active personnel	11,200	33,000	🇷🇼 2.9×
Combat aircraft	3	0	🇧🇫
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	24	🇷🇼
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	5,000	2,000	🇧🇫 2.5×
Military aircraft (all types)	32	21	🇧🇫 1.5×
– helicopters	18	17	🇧🇫 1.1×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$43	$13	🇧🇫 3.4×
Population	24.1M	14.6M	🇧🇫 1.7×
GDP	$28B	$16B	🇧🇫 1.7×
GDP per capita	$1,148	$1,124	🇧🇫 ≈
Land area	273,602 km²	24,668 km²	🇧🇫 11×
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—