Military Strength: Ivory Coast vs Mali

Mali (ranked #109 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Ivory Coast (#117) on the ATLAS Index. Ivory Coast fields 27,400 active troops — 2.1:1 Mali's 13,000. Ivory Coast allocates $0.7B to defense compared to $1.2B for Mali.

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Ivory CoastWorld #117 12.0

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Mali leads on 3 of 6 pillars

MaliWorld #109 13.4

29.727K active troops Manpower10 % 27.813K active troops
13.85 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 16.810 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
14.70 combat aircraft Air power25 % 17.012 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
16.6$697M budget Defense budget15 % 18.8$1.2B budget

Ivory Coast Mali 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

	Ivory Coast	Mali	Ratio
Defense budget	$697M	$1.2B	🇲🇱 1.7×
– share of GDP	0.8%	4.3%	🇲🇱 5.4×
Active personnel	27,400	13,000	🇨🇮 2.1×
Combat aircraft	0	12	🇲🇱
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	5	10	🇲🇱 2.0×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	20,000	🇲🇱
Military aircraft (all types)	19	44	🇲🇱 2.3×
– helicopters	10	9	🇨🇮 1.1×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$21	$46	🇲🇱 2.1×
Population	32.7M	25.2M	🇨🇮 1.3×
GDP	$100B	$30B	🇨🇮 3.3×
GDP per capita	$3,050	$1,193	🇨🇮 2.6×
Land area	318,003 km²	1,220,190 km²	🇲🇱 3.8×
Coastline	515 km	0 km	🇨🇮