Military Strength: Sierra Leone vs Somalia

Sierra Leone (ranked #156 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Somalia (#157) on the ATLAS Index. Somalia fields 19,800 active troops — 2.3:1 Sierra Leone's 8,500. Somalia's $0.2B defense budget is 5.7:1 that of Sierra Leone ($0.03B).

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Sierra LeoneWorld #156 4.8

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Sierra Leone leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

SomaliaWorld #157 4.5

21.68,500 active troops Manpower10 % 26.719K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
5.80 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
7.8$35M budget Defense budget15 % 12.1$199M budget

Sierra Leone Somalia 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

	Sierra Leone	Somalia	Ratio
Defense budget	$35M	$199M	🇸🇴 5.7×
– share of GDP	0.5%	1.5%	🇸🇴 3.1×
Active personnel	8,500	19,800	🇸🇴 2.3×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	0	—
Military aircraft (all types)	1	0	🇸🇱
– helicopters	1	0	🇸🇱
Budget share of govt spending	—	20.8%	🇸🇴
Budget per capita	$4	$10	🇸🇴 2.6×
Population	8.8M	19.7M	🇸🇴 2.2×
GDP	$7.5B	$13B	🇸🇴 1.7×
GDP per capita	$846	$661	🇸🇱 1.3×
Land area	71,620 km²	627,337 km²	🇸🇴 8.8×
Coastline	402 km	3,333 km	🇸🇴 8.3×