Military Strength: Lesotho vs Sierra Leone

Lesotho (ranked #152 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Sierra Leone (#156) on the ATLAS Index. Sierra Leone fields 8,500 active troops — 4.2:1 Lesotho's 2,000. Lesotho allocates $0.03B to defense compared to $0.03B for Sierra Leone.

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

LesothoWorld #152 5.9

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Lesotho leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

Sierra LeoneWorld #156 4.8

15.02,000 active troops Manpower10 % 21.68,500 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
12.70 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

Lesotho 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

	Lesotho	Sierra Leone	Ratio
Defense budget	$34M	$35M	🇸🇱 ≈
– share of GDP	1.5%	0.5%	🇱🇸 3.0×
Active personnel	2,000	8,500	🇸🇱 4.2×
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)	9	1	🇱🇸 9.0×
– helicopters	6	1	🇱🇸 6.0×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$14	$4	🇱🇸 3.6×
Population	2.4M	8.8M	🇸🇱 3.7×
GDP	$2.6B	$7.5B	🇸🇱 2.9×
GDP per capita	$1,089	$846	🇱🇸 1.3×
Land area	30,355 km²	71,620 km²	🇸🇱 2.4×
Coastline	0 km	402 km	🇸🇱