Military Strength: Chad vs Zimbabwe

Chad (ranked #93 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Zimbabwe (#110) on the ATLAS Index. Chad fields 45,000 active troops vs 51,000 for Zimbabwe, backed by 21,800 paramilitary. Chad's $0.6B defense budget is 3.5:1 that of Zimbabwe ($0.2B).

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ChadWorld #93 15.9

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Chad leads on 4 of 6 pillars

ZimbabweWorld #110 13.2

31.245K active troops Manpower10 % 30.851K active troops
27.990 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 17.815 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
18.59 combat aircraft Air power25 % 18.521 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.9$586M budget Defense budget15 % 11.6$166M budget

Chad Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe	Ratio
Defense budget	$586M	$166M	🇹🇩 3.5×
– share of GDP	3.0%	0.4%	🇹🇩 7.5×
Active personnel	45,000	51,000	🇿🇼 1.1×
Combat aircraft	9	21	🇿🇼 2.3×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	90	15	🇹🇩 6.0×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	11,900	21,800	🇿🇼 1.8×
Military aircraft (all types)	44	94	🇿🇼 2.1×
– helicopters	16	28	🇿🇼 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$29	$10	🇹🇩 2.9×
Population	20.3M	16.6M	🇹🇩 1.2×
GDP	$20B	$42B	🇿🇼 2.1×
GDP per capita	$962	$2,497	🇿🇼 2.6×
Land area	1,259,200 km²	386,847 km²	🇹🇩 3.3×
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—