Military Strength: Gambia vs Senegal

Senegal (ranked #129 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Gambia (#158) on the ATLAS Index. Senegal fields 19,000 active troops — 4.8:1 Gambia's 4,000, backed by 5,000 paramilitary. Senegal's $0.5B defense budget is 36:1 that of Gambia ($0.01B).

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GambiaWorld #158 4.3

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Senegal leads on 3 of 6 pillars

SenegalWorld #129 9.9

11.94,000 active troops Manpower10 % 26.519K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
8.41 combat aircraft Air power25 % 16.30 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
6.3$14M budget Defense budget15 % 20.5$525M budget

Gambia Senegal 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	Senegal	Ratio
Defense budget	$14M	$525M	🇸🇳 36×
– share of GDP	0.6%	1.6%	🇸🇳 2.7×
Active personnel	4,000	19,000	🇸🇳 4.8×
Combat aircraft	1	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	5,000	🇸🇳
Military aircraft (all types)	1	40	🇸🇳 40×
– helicopters	0	20	🇸🇳
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$5	$28	🇸🇳 5.4×
Population	2.8M	18.5M	🇸🇳 6.7×
GDP	$2.4B	$33B	🇸🇳 14×
GDP per capita	$871	$1,773	🇸🇳 2.0×
Land area	10,000 km²	192,530 km²	🇸🇳 19×
Coastline	80 km	531 km	🇸🇳 6.6×