Military Strength: Sri Lanka vs Yemen

Sri Lanka (ranked #69 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Yemen (#89) on the ATLAS Index. Sri Lanka fields 265,900 active troops — 6.6:1 Yemen's 40,000, backed by 5,500 reserves and 94,050 paramilitary. Sri Lanka allocates $1.5B to defense compared to $1.7B for Yemen.

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Sri LankaWorld #69 23.0

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Sri Lanka leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

YemenWorld #89 17.2

53.0265K active troops Manpower10 % 33.440K active troops
26.187 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
20.4262 warships Naval power20 % 23.216 warships
20.417 combat aircraft Air power25 % 23.669 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
20.0$1.5B budget Defense budget15 % 20.8$1.7B budget

Sri Lanka Yemen 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

	Sri Lanka	Yemen	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.5B	$1.7B	🇾🇪 1.2×
– share of GDP	1.5%	4.0%	🇾🇪 2.6×
Active personnel	265,900	40,000	🇱🇰 6.6×
Combat aircraft	17	69	🇾🇪 4.1×
Warships	262	16	🇱🇰 16×
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	87	0	🇱🇰
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	5,500	0	🇱🇰
Paramilitary forces	94,050	0	🇱🇰
Military aircraft (all types)	87	134	🇾🇪 1.5×
– helicopters	49	34	🇱🇰 1.4×
Budget share of govt spending	—	14.3%	🇾🇪
Budget per capita	$68	$58	🇱🇰 1.2×
Population	21.8M	41.8M	🇾🇪 1.9×
GDP	$109B	$22B	🇱🇰 5.0×
GDP per capita	$5,002	$517	🇱🇰 9.7×
Land area	62,732 km²	527,968 km²	🇾🇪 8.4×
Coastline	1,340 km	1,906 km	🇾🇪 1.4×