Chad

Sub-Saharan Africa · N'Djamena

Rank #92 of 173

29.2Strength score

Photos

US Soldiers assist Chadians in N'Djamena operations during medical exercise (8506851) — US Soldiers assist Chadians in N'Djamena operations during medical exercise (8506851)U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward McBride · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

US Navy 110527-N-VE788-009 Chad Quinn, a — US Navy 110527-N-VE788-009 Chad Quinn, aU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis J. Kuykendall · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Chad Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 inflight — Chad Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 inflightFrogfoot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Strength by area

Finance74
Air power—
Manpower72
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $649M #99
Budget as % of GDP: 3.19% #30
Spending per person: $31 #122
GDP: $21.5B #130
Population: 21,003,705 #63

Manpower

Active personnel: 45,000 (World Bank figure) #76
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 45,000 #79

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: —

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Weapons Chad uses (1)

TAI Hürkuş

TAI HürkuşReconnaissance aircraft

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)