5 Weakest Militaries in the World

4. Central African Republic

GDP (2022): $2.76 billion

Defense Spending (2022): $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) is one of the most unstable and weakest countries in the world, and is marred with security challenges. Russia, driven by its geopolitical objectives, has donated military equipment to CAR in recent years, including a L-39 aircraft for training in 2022. There are also reports of Moscow planning to give six more of these to the country this year. That being said, there is still a long way to go for CAR to have a strong military considering the size of its economy and defense spending.