Military Strength: Ivory Coast vs Rwanda

Rwanda (ranked #116 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Ivory Coast (#117) on the ATLAS Index. Ivory Coast fields 27,400 active troops vs 33,000 for Rwanda, backed by 2,000 paramilitary. Ivory Coast's $0.7B defense budget is 3.8:1 that of Rwanda ($0.2B).

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

Ivory CoastWorld #117 12.0

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Rwanda leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

RwandaWorld #116 12.1

29.727K active troops Manpower10 % 30.433K active troops
13.85 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 19.924 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
14.70 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.60 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
16.6$697M budget Defense budget15 % 11.9$185M budget

Ivory Coast 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

	Ivory Coast	Rwanda	Ratio
Defense budget	$697M	$185M	🇨🇮 3.8×
– share of GDP	0.8%	1.3%	🇷🇼 1.6×
Active personnel	27,400	33,000	🇷🇼 1.2×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	5	24	🇷🇼 4.8×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	2,000	🇷🇼
Military aircraft (all types)	19	21	🇷🇼 1.1×
– helicopters	10	17	🇷🇼 1.7×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$21	$13	🇨🇮 1.7×
Population	32.7M	14.6M	🇨🇮 2.2×
GDP	$100B	$16B	🇨🇮 6.1×
GDP per capita	$3,050	$1,124	🇨🇮 2.7×
Land area	318,003 km²	24,668 km²	🇨🇮 13×
Coastline	515 km	0 km	🇨🇮