Military Strength: Ivory Coast vs Mauritania

Mauritania (ranked #117 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Ivory Coast (#121) on the ARMS Index. Ivory Coast fields 27,000 active troops vs 21,000 for Mauritania. Ivory Coast's $0.7B defense budget is 2.7:1 that of Mauritania ($0.3B).

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

Ivory CoastWorld #121 16.6

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Mauritania leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

MauritaniaWorld #117 17.1

54.527K active troops Manpower15 % 50.621K active troops
21.65 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 33.825 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
15.40 combat aircraft Air power25 % 15.10 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
30.6$697M budget Defense budget10 % 23.6$262M budget

Ivory Coast Mauritania Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.97 vs ×0.94 · Methodology

Key figures

	Ivory Coast	Mauritania	Ratio
Defense budget	$697M	$262M	🇨🇮 2.7×
– share of GDP	0.8%	2.4%	🇲🇷 3.0×
Active personnel	27,000	21,000	🇨🇮 1.3×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	5	25	🇲🇷 5.0×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	5,000	🇲🇷
Military aircraft (all types)	17	23	🇲🇷 1.4×
– helicopters	10	4	🇨🇮 2.5×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$22	$51	🇲🇷 2.3×
Population	31.9M	5.2M	🇨🇮 6.2×
GDP	$87B	$11B	🇨🇮 8.0×
GDP per capita	$2,728	$2,110	🇨🇮 1.3×
Land area	318,003 km²	1,025,520 km²	🇲🇷 3.2×
Coastline	515 km	754 km	🇲🇷 1.5×