Military Strength: Mali vs Zambia

Zambia (ranked #107 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Mali (#109) on the ATLAS Index. Mali fields 13,000 active troops vs 15,100 for Zambia, backed by 3,000 reserves and 1,400 paramilitary. Mali's $1.2B defense budget is 3.5:1 that of Zambia ($0.3B).

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MaliWorld #109 13.4

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Zambia leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

ZambiaWorld #107 13.7

27.813K active troops Manpower10 % 25.715K active troops
16.810 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 21.935 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
17.012 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.115 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
18.8$1.2B budget Defense budget15 % 13.8$329M budget

Mali Zambia 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	Zambia	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.2B	$329M	🇲🇱 3.5×
– share of GDP	4.3%	1.3%	🇲🇱 3.3×
Active personnel	13,000	15,100	🇿🇲 1.2×
Combat aircraft	12	15	🇿🇲 1.2×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	10	35	🇿🇲 3.5×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	3,000	🇿🇲
Paramilitary forces	20,000	1,400	🇲🇱 14×
Military aircraft (all types)	44	83	🇿🇲 1.9×
– helicopters	9	32	🇿🇲 3.6×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$46	$15	🇲🇱 3.0×
Population	25.2M	21.9M	🇲🇱 1.1×
GDP	$30B	$29B	🇲🇱 ≈
GDP per capita	$1,193	$1,318	🇿🇲 1.1×
Land area	1,220,190 km²	743,398 km²	🇲🇱 1.6×
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—