Military Strength: Libya vs Chad

Libya (ranked #85 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Chad (#92) on the ATLAS Index. Libya fields 32,000 active troops vs 33,250 for Chad, backed by 11,900 paramilitary. Libya's $1.6B defense budget is 2.7:1 that of Chad ($0.6B).

ATLAS (Aggregate Total of Land, Air and Sea strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

LibyaWorld #85 19.4

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Libya leads on 4 of 6 pillars

ChadWorld #92 15.9

31.432K active troops Manpower10 % 31.233K active troops
24.043 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 27.790 battle tanks
17.34 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
18.920 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.79 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
20.3$1.6B budget Defense budget15 % 15.9$586M budget

Libya Chad 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

	Libya	Chad	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.6B	$586M	🇱🇾 2.7×
– share of GDP	5.3%	3.0%	🇱🇾 1.8×
Active personnel	32,000	33,250	🇹🇩 ≈
Combat aircraft	20	9	🇱🇾 2.2×
Warships	4	0	🇱🇾
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	43	90	🇹🇩 2.1×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	11,900	🇹🇩
Military aircraft (all types)	74	47	🇱🇾 1.6×
– helicopters	17	16	🇱🇾 1.1×
Budget share of govt spending	5.5%	—	🇱🇾
Budget per capita	$217	$28	🇱🇾 7.8×
Population	7.5M	21M	🇹🇩 2.8×
GDP	$48B	$21B	🇱🇾 2.2×
GDP per capita	$6,449	$1,022	🇱🇾 6.3×
Land area	1,759,540 km²	1,259,200 km²	🇱🇾 1.4×
Coastline	1,770 km	0 km	🇱🇾