Military Strength: Maldives vs Timor-Leste

Maldives (ranked #163 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Timor-Leste (#164) on the ATLAS Index. Maldives fields 5,000 active troops — 2.5:1 Timor-Leste's 2,000. Timor-Leste allocates $0.05B to defense.

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MaldivesWorld #163 3.0

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Maldives leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

Timor-LesteWorld #164 2.9

0.05,000 active troops Manpower10 % 15.52,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
11.80 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
0.0$0 budget Defense budget15 % 8.4$47M budget

Maldives Timor-Leste 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

	Maldives	Timor-Leste	Ratio
Defense budget	—	$47M	🇹🇱
– share of GDP	—	2.5%	🇹🇱
Active personnel	5,000	2,000	🇲🇻 2.5×
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)	4	0	🇲🇻
– helicopters	2	0	🇲🇻
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	—	$33	🇹🇱
Population	527K	1.4M	🇹🇱 2.7×
GDP	$7.1B	$1.9B	🇲🇻 3.8×
GDP per capita	$13,379	$1,332	🇲🇻 10×
Land area	298 km²	14,919 km²	🇹🇱 50×
Coastline	644 km	706 km	🇹🇱 1.1×