Military Strength: New Zealand vs Uganda

Uganda (ranked #89 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than New Zealand (#90) on the ATLAS Index. Uganda fields 46,000 active troops — 4.6:1 New Zealand's 10,000, backed by 10,000 reserves and 1,400 paramilitary. New Zealand's $3.1B defense budget is 2.4:1 that of Uganda ($1.3B).

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New ZealandWorld #90 16.5

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Uganda leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

UgandaWorld #89 17.1

24.910K active troops Manpower10 % 34.546K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 28.6240 battle tanks
26.25 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
19.30 combat aircraft Air power25 % 19.26 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
24.9$3.1B budget Defense budget15 % 19.4$1.3B budget

New Zealand Uganda 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

	New Zealand	Uganda	Ratio
Defense budget	$3.1B	$1.3B	🇳🇿 2.4×
– share of GDP	1.2%	2.0%	🇺🇬 1.6×
Active personnel	10,000	46,000	🇺🇬 4.6×
Combat aircraft	0	6	🇺🇬
Warships	5	0	🇳🇿
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	240	🇺🇬
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	3,270	10,000	🇺🇬 3.1×
Paramilitary forces	0	1,400	🇺🇬
Military aircraft (all types)	47	51	🇺🇬 1.1×
– helicopters	21	30	🇺🇬 1.4×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.0%	🇺🇬
Budget per capita	$590	$26	🇳🇿 23×
Population	5.3M	50M	🇺🇬 9.5×
GDP	$260B	$54B	🇳🇿 4.8×
GDP per capita	$49,205	$1,078	🇳🇿 46×
Land area	262,443 km²	197,100 km²	🇳🇿 1.3×
Coastline	15,134 km	0 km	🇳🇿