Military Strength: Kyrgyzstan vs Timor-Leste

Kyrgyzstan (ranked #99 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Timor-Leste (#163) on the ARMS Index. Kyrgyzstan fields 21,000 active troops — 10:1 Timor-Leste's 2,000, backed by 9,500 paramilitary. Kyrgyzstan's $0.5B defense budget is 11:1 that of Timor-Leste ($0.05B).

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KyrgyzstanWorld #99 20.9

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Kyrgyzstan leads on 4 of 6 pillars

Timor-LesteWorld #163 5.5

48.721K active troops Manpower15 % 34.92,000 active troops
53.2215 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
11.00 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
28.5$524M budget Defense budget10 % 13.1$47M budget

Kyrgyzstan Timor-Leste Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.02 vs ×0.96 · Methodology

Key figures

	Kyrgyzstan	Timor-Leste	Ratio
Defense budget	$524M	$47M	🇰🇬 11×
– share of GDP	3.0%	2.5%	🇰🇬 1.2×
Active personnel	21,000	2,000	🇰🇬 10×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	215	0	🇰🇬
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	9,500	0	🇰🇬
Military aircraft (all types)	9	0	🇰🇬
– helicopters	7	0	🇰🇬
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$73	$33	🇰🇬 2.2×
Population	7.2M	1.4M	🇰🇬 5.2×
GDP	$17B	$1.9B	🇰🇬 9.4×
GDP per capita	$2,420	$1,332	🇰🇬 1.8×
Land area	191,801 km²	14,919 km²	🇰🇬 13×
Coastline	0 km	706 km	🇹🇱