Military Strength: Cambodia vs Yemen

Cambodia (ranked #83 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Yemen (#90) on the ARMS Index. Cambodia fields 191,000 active troops — 9.6:1 Yemen's 20,000, backed by 67,000 paramilitary. Yemen's $1.7B defense budget is 2.5:1 that of Cambodia ($0.7B).

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CambodiaWorld #83 26.1

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Cambodia leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

YemenWorld #90 23.5

69.3191K active troops Manpower15 % 57.720K active troops
60.3644 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
15.521 warships Naval power20 % 17.729 warships
20.50 combat aircraft Air power25 % 42.875 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
30.6$695M budget Defense budget10 % 37.6$1.7B budget

Cambodia Yemen Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.87 vs ×1.01 · Methodology

Key figures

	Cambodia	Yemen	Ratio
Defense budget	$695M	$1.7B	🇾🇪 2.5×
– share of GDP	1.5%	4.0%	🇾🇪 2.6×
Active personnel	191,000	20,000	🇰🇭 9.6×
Combat aircraft	0	75	🇾🇪
Warships	21	29	🇾🇪 1.4×
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	644	0	🇰🇭
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	67,000	0	🇰🇭
Military aircraft (all types)	25	156	🇾🇪 6.2×
– helicopters	21	40	🇾🇪 1.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	14.3%	🇾🇪
Budget per capita	$39	$58	🇾🇪 1.5×
Population	17.6M	40.6M	🇾🇪 2.3×
GDP	$46B	$22B	🇰🇭 2.1×
GDP per capita	$2,628	$532	🇰🇭 4.9×
Land area	176,515 km²	527,968 km²	🇾🇪 3.0×
Coastline	443 km	1,906 km	🇾🇪 4.3×