Military Strength: Somalia vs Yemen

Yemen (ranked #86 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Somalia (#157) on the ATLAS Index. Somalia fields 14,000 active troops vs 20,000 for Yemen. Yemen's $1.7B defense budget is 8.6:1 that of Somalia ($0.2B).

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SomaliaWorld #157 4.5

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Yemen leads on 4 of 6 pillars

YemenWorld #86 17.5

26.614K active troops Manpower10 % 33.420K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 23.529 warships
0.00 combat aircraft Air power25 % 24.775 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
12.1$199M budget Defense budget15 % 20.8$1.7B budget

Somalia Yemen 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

	Somalia	Yemen	Ratio
Defense budget	$199M	$1.7B	🇾🇪 8.6×
– share of GDP	1.5%	4.0%	🇾🇪 2.6×
Active personnel	14,000	20,000	🇾🇪 1.4×
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	0	0	—
Military aircraft (all types)	0	156	🇾🇪
– helicopters	0	40	🇾🇪
Budget share of govt spending	20.8%	14.3%	🇸🇴 1.5×
Budget per capita	$10	$58	🇾🇪 5.6×
Population	19M	40.6M	🇾🇪 2.1×
GDP	$12B	$22B	🇾🇪 1.8×
GDP per capita	$630	$532	🇸🇴 1.2×
Land area	627,337 km²	527,968 km²	🇸🇴 1.2×
Coastline	3,333 km	1,906 km	🇸🇴 1.7×