Military Strength: Liberia vs Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone (ranked #156 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Liberia (#165) on the ATLAS Index. Sierra Leone fields 9,000 active troops — 4.5:1 Liberia's 2,000. Liberia allocates $0.03B to defense compared to $0.03B for Sierra Leone.

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LiberiaWorld #165 2.7

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Sierra Leone leads on 3 of 6 pillars

Sierra LeoneWorld #156 4.9

15.02,000 active troops Manpower10 % 21.69,000 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 % 5.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
7.8$34M budget Defense budget15 % 7.8$35M budget

Liberia Sierra Leone 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

	Liberia	Sierra Leone	Ratio
Defense budget	$34M	$35M	🇸🇱 ≈
– share of GDP	0.7%	0.5%	🇱🇷 1.4×
Active personnel	2,000	9,000	🇸🇱 4.5×
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	1	🇸🇱
– helicopters	0	1	🇸🇱
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$6	$4	🇱🇷 1.5×
Population	5.6M	8.6M	🇸🇱 1.5×
GDP	$4.8B	$7B	🇸🇱 1.5×
GDP per capita	$851	$807	🇱🇷 1.1×
Land area	96,320 km²	71,620 km²	🇱🇷 1.3×
Coastline	579 km	402 km	🇱🇷 1.4×