Military Strength: Gambia vs Somalia

Somalia (ranked #157 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Gambia (#168) on the ATLAS Index. Somalia fields 19,800 active troops — 25:1 Gambia's 800. Somalia's $0.2B defense budget is 14:1 that of Gambia ($0.01B).

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GambiaWorld #168 2.2

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Somalia leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

SomaliaWorld #157 4.5

12.0800 active troops Manpower10 % 26.719K 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 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
6.3$14M budget Defense budget15 % 12.1$199M budget

Gambia Somalia 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	Somalia	Ratio
Defense budget	$14M	$199M	🇸🇴 14×
– share of GDP	0.6%	1.5%	🇸🇴 2.6×
Active personnel	800	19,800	🇸🇴 25×
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	0	—
– helicopters	0	0	—
Budget share of govt spending	—	20.8%	🇸🇴
Budget per capita	$5	$10	🇸🇴 2.0×
Population	2.8M	19.7M	🇸🇴 7.0×
GDP	$2.6B	$13B	🇸🇴 5.0×
GDP per capita	$919	$661	🇬🇲 1.4×
Land area	10,000 km²	627,337 km²	🇸🇴 63×
Coastline	80 km	3,333 km	🇸🇴 42×