Military Strength: Madagascar vs Senegal

Madagascar (ranked #130 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Senegal (#133) on the ATLAS Index. Madagascar fields 13,500 active troops vs 13,600 for Senegal, backed by 5,000 paramilitary. Senegal's $0.5B defense budget is 4.3:1 that of Madagascar ($0.1B).

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

MadagascarWorld #130 9.7

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Madagascar leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

SenegalWorld #133 9.6

25.313K active troops Manpower10 % 26.613K active troops
14.16 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
10.60 combat aircraft Air power25 % 14.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
10.7$122M budget Defense budget15 % 20.5$525M budget

Madagascar Senegal 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

	Madagascar	Senegal	Ratio
Defense budget	$122M	$525M	🇸🇳 4.3×
– share of GDP	0.7%	1.6%	🇸🇳 2.3×
Active personnel	13,500	13,600	🇸🇳 ≈
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	6	0	🇲🇬
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	8,100	5,000	🇲🇬 1.6×
Military aircraft (all types)	5	27	🇸🇳 5.4×
– helicopters	4	11	🇸🇳 2.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$4	$28	🇸🇳 7.4×
Population	32.7M	18.9M	🇲🇬 1.7×
GDP	$20B	$37B	🇸🇳 1.9×
GDP per capita	$599	$1,955	🇸🇳 3.3×
Land area	581,540 km²	192,530 km²	🇲🇬 3.0×
Coastline	4,828 km	531 km	🇲🇬 9.1×