Military Strength: Botswana vs Cameroon

Botswana (ranked #127 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Cameroon (#128) on the ARMS Index. Cameroon fields 34,000 active troops — 3.8:1 Botswana's 9,000, backed by 9,000 paramilitary. Botswana allocates $0.6B to defense compared to $0.5B for Cameroon.

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

BotswanaWorld #127 15.0

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Botswana leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

CameroonWorld #128 14.8

45.39,000 active troops Manpower15 % 54.734K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
27.615 combat aircraft Air power25 % 25.56 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
29.2$582M budget Defense budget10 % 28.6$533M budget

Botswana Cameroon Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.04 vs ×0.96 · Methodology

Key figures

	Botswana	Cameroon	Ratio
Defense budget	$582M	$533M	🇧🇼 1.1×
– share of GDP	3.0%	1.0%	🇧🇼 3.0×
Active personnel	9,000	34,000	🇨🇲 3.8×
Combat aircraft	15	6	🇧🇼 2.5×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	9,000	🇨🇲
Military aircraft (all types)	45	35	🇧🇼 1.3×
– helicopters	16	21	🇨🇲 1.3×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$231	$18	🇧🇼 13×
Population	2.5M	29.1M	🇨🇲 12×
GDP	$19B	$53B	🇨🇲 2.7×
GDP per capita	$7,696	$1,830	🇧🇼 4.2×
Land area	566,730 km²	472,710 km²	🇧🇼 1.2×
Coastline	0 km	402 km	🇨🇲