Military Strength: Gambia vs Malawi

Malawi (ranked #144 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Gambia (#168) on the ATLAS Index. Malawi fields 10,700 active troops — 13:1 Gambia's 800, backed by 4,200 paramilitary. Malawi's $0.09B defense budget is 6.3:1 that of Gambia ($0.01B).

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GambiaWorld #168 2.2

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Malawi leads on 3 of 6 pillars

MalawiWorld #144 7.1

12.0800 active troops Manpower10 % 23.510K 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 % 12.90 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
6.3$14M budget Defense budget15 % 10.0$90M budget

Gambia 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

	Gambia	Malawi	Ratio
Defense budget	$14M	$90M	🇲🇼 6.3×
– share of GDP	0.6%	0.8%	🇲🇼 1.3×
Active personnel	800	10,700	🇲🇼 13×
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	4,200	🇲🇼
Military aircraft (all types)	0	12	🇲🇼
– helicopters	0	8	🇲🇼
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$5	$4	🇬🇲 1.3×
Population	2.8M	22.2M	🇲🇼 7.9×
GDP	$2.6B	$15B	🇲🇼 5.8×
GDP per capita	$919	$672	🇬🇲 1.4×
Land area	10,000 km²	94,080 km²	🇲🇼 9.4×
Coastline	80 km	0 km	🇬🇲