Military Strength: Cape Verde vs Seychelles

Seychelles (ranked #162 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Cape Verde (#168) on the ARMS Index. Cape Verde fields 1,000 active troops — 2.4:1 Seychelles's 420. Cape Verde allocates $0.02B to defense compared to $0.03B for Seychelles.

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

Cape VerdeWorld #168 4.4

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Seychelles leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

SeychellesWorld #162 5.7

30.31,000 active troops Manpower15 % 23.5420 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 % 6.50 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
8.1$16M budget Defense budget10 % 11.3$32M budget

Cape Verde Seychelles Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.93 vs ×1.05 · Methodology

Key figures

	Cape Verde	Seychelles	Ratio
Defense budget	$16M	$32M	🇸🇨 2.0×
– share of GDP	0.6%	1.5%	🇸🇨 2.5×
Active personnel	1,000	420	🇨🇻 2.4×
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	4	🇸🇨
– helicopters	0	0	—
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$31	$268	🇸🇨 8.6×
Population	524K	121K	🇨🇻 4.3×
GDP	$2.7B	$2.2B	🇨🇻 1.3×
GDP per capita	$5,192	$17,859	🇸🇨 3.4×
Land area	4,033 km²	455 km²	🇨🇻 8.9×
Coastline	965 km	491 km	🇨🇻 2.0×