Military Strength: Equatorial Guinea vs Senegal

Equatorial Guinea (ranked #128 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Senegal (#131) on the ARMS Index. Senegal fields 19,000 active troops — 19:1 Equatorial Guinea's 1,000, backed by 5,000 paramilitary. Senegal's $0.5B defense budget is 4.1:1 that of Equatorial Guinea ($0.1B).

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Equatorial GuineaWorld #128 14.8

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Equatorial Guinea leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

SenegalWorld #131 13.7

35.21,000 active troops Manpower15 % 49.519K active troops
18.23 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
22.74 combat aircraft Air power25 % 21.40 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
19.0$128M budget Defense budget10 % 28.5$525M budget

Equatorial Guinea Senegal Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.02 vs ×1.00 · Methodology

Key figures

	Equatorial Guinea	Senegal	Ratio
Defense budget	$128M	$525M	🇸🇳 4.1×
– share of GDP	1.0%	1.6%	🇸🇳 1.6×
Active personnel	1,000	19,000	🇸🇳 19×
Combat aircraft	4	0	🇬🇶
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	3	0	🇬🇶
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	5,000	🇸🇳
Military aircraft (all types)	27	40	🇸🇳 1.5×
– helicopters	13	20	🇸🇳 1.5×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$67	$28	🇬🇶 2.4×
Population	1.9M	18.5M	🇸🇳 9.8×
GDP	$13B	$33B	🇸🇳 2.6×
GDP per capita	$6,745	$1,773	🇬🇶 3.8×
Land area	28,051 km²	192,530 km²	🇸🇳 6.9×
Coastline	296 km	531 km	🇸🇳 1.8×