Military Strength: Latvia vs North Macedonia

North Macedonia (ranked #122 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Latvia (#133) on the ATLAS Index. Latvia fields 6,210 active troops vs 8,000 for North Macedonia, backed by 4,850 reserves and 5,000 paramilitary. Latvia's $1.6B defense budget is 4.8:1 that of North Macedonia ($0.3B).

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

LatviaWorld #133 9.6

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North Macedonia leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

North MacedoniaWorld #122 10.9

26.86,210 active troops Manpower10 % 23.98,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 19.320 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
12.70 combat aircraft Air power25 % 9.70 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
23.9$1.6B budget Defense budget15 % 13.9$339M budget

Latvia North Macedonia 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

	Latvia	North Macedonia	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.6B	$339M	🇱🇻 4.8×
– share of GDP	3.7%	2.0%	🇱🇻 1.8×
Active personnel	6,210	8,000	🇲🇰 1.3×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	20	🇲🇰
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	15,900	4,850	🇱🇻 3.3×
Paramilitary forces	0	5,000	🇲🇰
Military aircraft (all types)	7	16	🇲🇰 2.3×
– helicopters	3	10	🇲🇰 3.3×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$875	$186	🇱🇻 4.7×
Population	1.8M	1.8M	🇱🇻 ≈
GDP	$49B	$19B	🇱🇻 2.5×
GDP per capita	$26,312	$10,490	🇱🇻 2.5×
Land area	62,249 km²	25,433 km²	🇱🇻 2.4×
Coastline	498 km	0 km	🇱🇻