Military Strength: Lebanon vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (ranked #65 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Lebanon (#82) on the ARMS Index. Sri Lanka fields 317,000 active troops — 4.0:1 Lebanon's 80,000, backed by 5,500 reserves and 94,050 paramilitary. Lebanon allocates $0.8B to defense compared to $1.5B for Sri Lanka.

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LebanonWorld #82 26.1

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Sri Lanka leads on 4 of 6 pillars

Sri LankaWorld #65 32.8

62.380K active troops Manpower15 % 76.1317K active troops
47.3116 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 45.344 battle tanks
18.548 warships Naval power20 % 48.9271 warships
24.20 combat aircraft Air power25 % 34.417 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
31.9$828M budget Defense budget10 % 36.4$1.5B budget

Lebanon Sri Lanka Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.93 vs ×0.87 · Methodology

Key figures

	Lebanon	Sri Lanka	Ratio
Defense budget	$828M	$1.5B	🇱🇰 1.8×
– share of GDP	2.5%	1.5%	🇱🇧 1.7×
Active personnel	80,000	317,000	🇱🇰 4.0×
Combat aircraft	0	17	🇱🇰
Warships	48	271	🇱🇰 5.6×
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	116	44	🇱🇧 2.6×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	5,500	🇱🇰
Paramilitary forces	24,500	94,050	🇱🇰 3.8×
Military aircraft (all types)	64	99	🇱🇰 1.5×
– helicopters	47	62	🇱🇰 1.3×
Budget share of govt spending	16.6%	—	🇱🇧
Budget per capita	$142	$68	🇱🇧 2.1×
Population	5.8M	21.9M	🇱🇰 3.8×
GDP	$20B	$99B	🇱🇰 4.9×
GDP per capita	$3,458	$4,516	🇱🇰 1.3×
Land area	10,230 km²	62,732 km²	🇱🇰 6.1×
Coastline	225 km	1,340 km	🇱🇰 6.0×