Military Strength: Cape Verde vs Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone (ranked #159 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Cape Verde (#168) on the ARMS Index. Sierra Leone fields 9,000 active troops — 9.0:1 Cape Verde's 1,000. Sierra Leone's $0.03B defense budget is 2.1:1 that of Cape Verde ($0.02B).

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Cape VerdeWorld #168 4.4

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Sierra Leone leads on 3 of 6 pillars

Sierra LeoneWorld #159 6.5

30.31,000 active troops Manpower15 % 44.89,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
0.00 combat aircraft Air power25 % 2.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
8.1$16M budget Defense budget10 % 11.6$35M budget

Cape Verde Sierra Leone Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.93 vs ×0.85 · Methodology

Key figures

	Cape Verde	Sierra Leone	Ratio
Defense budget	$16M	$35M	🇸🇱 2.1×
– share of GDP	0.6%	0.5%	🇨🇻 1.2×
Active personnel	1,000	9,000	🇸🇱 9.0×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
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	0	—
Military aircraft (all types)	0	1	🇸🇱
– helicopters	0	1	🇸🇱
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$31	$4	🇨🇻 7.7×
Population	524K	8.6M	🇸🇱 16×
GDP	$2.7B	$7B	🇸🇱 2.6×
GDP per capita	$5,192	$807	🇨🇻 6.4×
Land area	4,033 km²	71,620 km²	🇸🇱 18×
Coastline	965 km	402 km	🇨🇻 2.4×