Military Strength: Gabon vs Malawi

Gabon (ranked #142 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Malawi (#145) on the ATLAS Index. Malawi fields 15,000 active troops — 2.1:1 Gabon's 7,000, backed by 4,200 paramilitary. Gabon's $0.3B defense budget is 3.5:1 that of Malawi ($0.09B).

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GabonWorld #142 7.9

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Gabon leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

MalawiWorld #145 7.1

19.87,000 active troops Manpower10 % 23.515K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
15.36 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.60 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
13.6$313M budget Defense budget15 % 10.0$90M budget

Gabon Malawi 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

	Gabon	Malawi	Ratio
Defense budget	$313M	$90M	🇬🇦 3.5×
– share of GDP	1.5%	0.8%	🇬🇦 1.9×
Active personnel	7,000	15,000	🇲🇼 2.1×
Combat aircraft	6	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	2,000	4,200	🇲🇼 2.1×
Military aircraft (all types)	25	11	🇬🇦 2.3×
– helicopters	16	8	🇬🇦 2.0×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$123	$4	🇬🇦 30×
Population	2.5M	21.7M	🇲🇼 8.5×
GDP	$21B	$11B	🇬🇦 1.8×
GDP per capita	$8,230	$523	🇬🇦 16×
Land area	257,667 km²	94,080 km²	🇬🇦 2.7×
Coastline	885 km	0 km	🇬🇦