Military Strength: Nepal vs Yemen

Yemen (ranked #90 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Nepal (#133) on the ARMS Index. Nepal fields 112,000 active troops — 5.6:1 Yemen's 20,000, backed by 15,000 paramilitary. Yemen's $1.7B defense budget is 4.0:1 that of Nepal ($0.4B).

ARMS (Aggregate Rating of Military Strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

NepalWorld #133 13.5

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Yemen leads on 3 of 6 pillars

YemenWorld #90 23.5

66.0112K active troops Manpower15 % 57.720K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 17.729 warships
19.80 combat aircraft Air power25 % 42.875 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
27.0$429M budget Defense budget10 % 37.6$1.7B budget

Nepal Yemen Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.85 vs ×1.01 · Methodology

Key figures

	Nepal	Yemen	Ratio
Defense budget	$429M	$1.7B	🇾🇪 4.0×
– share of GDP	1.0%	4.0%	🇾🇪 4.0×
Active personnel	112,000	20,000	🇳🇵 5.6×
Combat aircraft	0	75	🇾🇪
Warships	0	29	🇾🇪
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	15,000	0	🇳🇵
Military aircraft (all types)	22	156	🇾🇪 7.1×
– helicopters	15	40	🇾🇪 2.7×
Budget share of govt spending	—	14.3%	🇾🇪
Budget per capita	$14	$58	🇾🇪 4.0×
Population	29.7M	40.6M	🇾🇪 1.4×
GDP	$43B	$22B	🇳🇵 2.0×
GDP per capita	$1,447	$532	🇳🇵 2.7×
Land area	143,686 km²	527,968 km²	🇾🇪 3.7×
Coastline	0 km	1,906 km	🇾🇪