5 Weakest Militaries in Africa

2. Central African Republic

GDP (2023): $2.76 billion

Defense Spending (2023): $41 million

Manpower: 10,000

Tanks: 3

Armored Fighting Vehicles: 228

Military Aircraft: 3

Naval Assets: 0

Overall Score: 4.8

The Central African Republic (CAR) has been marred with conflict for decades now, which has earned it the status of being one of the most unstable and unsafe countries in the world. In a bid to expand its political influence, Russia in 2022 donated a L-39 aircraft to the country, and there are reports that Moscow is planning to provide CAR another six of these in the coming years. However, there is still a long way to go before the country can shrug off the tag of being one of the weakest militaries in the world.