Military Strength: Gabon vs Sierra Leone

Gabon (ranked #142 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Sierra Leone (#156) on the ATLAS Index. Gabon fields 7,000 active troops vs 9,000 for Sierra Leone. Gabon's $0.3B defense budget is 9.0:1 that of Sierra Leone ($0.03B).

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

GabonWorld #142 7.9

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Gabon leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

Sierra LeoneWorld #156 4.9

19.87,000 active troops Manpower10 % 21.69,000 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 % 5.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
13.6$313M budget Defense budget15 % 7.8$35M budget

Gabon Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone	Ratio
Defense budget	$313M	$35M	🇬🇦 9.0×
– share of GDP	1.5%	0.5%	🇬🇦 3.0×
Active personnel	7,000	9,000	🇸🇱 1.3×
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	0	🇬🇦
Military aircraft (all types)	25	1	🇬🇦 25×
– helicopters	16	1	🇬🇦 16×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$123	$4	🇬🇦 31×
Population	2.5M	8.6M	🇸🇱 3.4×
GDP	$21B	$7B	🇬🇦 3.0×
GDP per capita	$8,230	$807	🇬🇦 10×
Land area	257,667 km²	71,620 km²	🇬🇦 3.6×
Coastline	885 km	402 km	🇬🇦 2.2×