Military Strength: Mali vs Chad

Chad (ranked #92 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Mali (#109) on the ATLAS Index. Chad fields 33,250 active troops — 2.6:1 Mali's 13,000, backed by 11,900 paramilitary. Mali allocates $1.2B to defense compared to $0.6B for Chad.

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MaliWorld #109 13.4

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Chad leads on 3 of 6 pillars

ChadWorld #92 15.9

27.813K active troops Manpower10 % 31.233K active troops
16.810 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 27.790 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
17.012 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.79 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
18.8$1.2B budget Defense budget15 % 15.9$586M budget

Mali Chad 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

	Mali	Chad	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.2B	$586M	🇲🇱 2.0×
– share of GDP	4.3%	3.0%	🇲🇱 1.4×
Active personnel	13,000	33,250	🇹🇩 2.6×
Combat aircraft	12	9	🇲🇱 1.3×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	10	90	🇹🇩 9.0×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	20,000	11,900	🇲🇱 1.7×
Military aircraft (all types)	44	47	🇹🇩 1.1×
– helicopters	9	16	🇹🇩 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$46	$28	🇲🇱 1.6×
Population	25.2M	21M	🇲🇱 1.2×
GDP	$30B	$21B	🇲🇱 1.4×
GDP per capita	$1,193	$1,022	🇲🇱 1.2×
Land area	1,220,190 km²	1,259,200 km²	🇹🇩 ≈
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—