Military Strength: Chad vs Tunisia

Tunisia (ranked #70 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Chad (#93) on the ATLAS Index. Chad fields 45,000 active troops vs 48,000 for Tunisia, backed by 12,000 paramilitary. Tunisia's $1.3B defense budget is 2.2:1 that of Chad ($0.6B).

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ChadWorld #93 15.9

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Tunisia leads on 5 of 6 pillars

TunisiaWorld #70 23.1

31.245K active troops Manpower10 % 32.548K active troops
27.990 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 29.590 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 26.966 warships
18.59 combat aircraft Air power25 % 21.413 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.9$586M budget Defense budget15 % 19.3$1.3B budget

Chad Tunisia 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

	Chad	Tunisia	Ratio
Defense budget	$586M	$1.3B	🇹🇳 2.2×
– share of GDP	3.0%	2.5%	🇹🇩 1.2×
Active personnel	45,000	48,000	🇹🇳 1.1×
Combat aircraft	9	13	🇹🇳 1.4×
Warships	0	66	🇹🇳
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	90	90	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	11,900	12,000	🇹🇳 ≈
Military aircraft (all types)	40	174	🇹🇳 4.3×
– helicopters	16	116	🇹🇳 7.2×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$29	$105	🇹🇳 3.6×
Population	20.3M	12.3M	🇹🇩 1.7×
GDP	$20B	$51B	🇹🇳 2.6×
GDP per capita	$962	$4,181	🇹🇳 4.3×
Land area	1,259,200 km²	155,360 km²	🇹🇩 8.1×
Coastline	0 km	1,148 km	🇹🇳