Military Strength: Cameroon vs Ghana

Cameroon (ranked #128 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Ghana (#134) on the ARMS Index. Cameroon fields 34,000 active troops — 2.1:1 Ghana's 16,000, backed by 9,000 paramilitary. Cameroon allocates $0.5B to defense compared to $0.3B for Ghana.

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CameroonWorld #128 14.8

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Cameroon leads on 3 of 6 pillars

GhanaWorld #134 13.4

54.734K active troops Manpower15 % 49.716K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
25.56 combat aircraft Air power25 % 23.54 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
28.6$533M budget Defense budget10 % 25.2$329M budget

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

Key figures

	Cameroon	Ghana	Ratio
Defense budget	$533M	$329M	🇨🇲 1.6×
– share of GDP	1.0%	0.4%	🇨🇲 2.5×
Active personnel	34,000	16,000	🇨🇲 2.1×
Combat aircraft	6	4	🇨🇲 1.5×
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	9,000	0	🇨🇲
Military aircraft (all types)	35	20	🇨🇲 1.8×
– helicopters	21	11	🇨🇲 1.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$18	$10	🇨🇲 1.9×
Population	29.1M	34.4M	🇬🇭 1.2×
GDP	$53B	$82B	🇬🇭 1.5×
GDP per capita	$1,830	$2,391	🇬🇭 1.3×
Land area	472,710 km²	227,533 km²	🇨🇲 2.1×
Coastline	402 km	539 km	🇬🇭 1.3×