Sierra Leone

Sub-Saharan Africa · Freetown

Rank #150 of 173

24.8Strength score

Photos

ACOTA Training in Sierra Leone - Flickr - US Army Africa (3) — ACOTA Training in Sierra Leone - Flickr - US Army Africa (3)US Army Africa from Vicenza, Italy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Royal Navy support ship arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone (15677515882) — Royal Navy support ship arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone (15677515882)DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A US Air Force (USAF) C-20 Gulfstream III aircraft from the 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), lands at Freetown International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia — A US Air Force (USAF) C-20 Gulfstream III aircraft from the 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), lands at Freetown International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone, during Joint Task Force (JTF) LiberiaDepartment of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance63
Air power—
Manpower61
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $32M #158
Budget as % of GDP: 0.37% #158
Spending per person: $4 #162
GDP: $7.5B #156
Population: 8,819,794 #100

Manpower

Active personnel: 9,000 (World Bank figure) #140
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 9,000 #140

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)