Comparative army officer ranks of Africa

Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of African states.

Officers

Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Angola (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General de Exercito		General		Teniente General		Brigadiero		Coronel		Teniente Coronel		Mayor		Capitáo		Primero Teniente			Segundo Teniente
Benin (Edit)	No equivalent										50px		50px		50px		50px		50px			50px			Unknown
											Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Botswana (Edit)	No equivalent		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
			Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Burkina Faso (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Burundi (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine-Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Cameroon (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		Général d'armée	Général de corps d'armée	Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous-LieutenantTemplate:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Cape Verde
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent								50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px			50px			Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-LieutenantTemplate:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Comoros
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Republic of the Congo (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-LieutenantTemplate:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Djibouti
Ethiopia (Edit)	No equivalent																50px		50px		50px		50px		Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant		Lieutenant		2nd lieutenant
Gambia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Ghana (Edit)	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent						50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px			50px			Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Ivory Coast (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Kenya (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Lesotho (Edit)												Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Liberia (Edit)																									Unknown
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Libya (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
					Fariq (فريق)		Liwaa' (لواء)		'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim (ملازم)
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Lieutenant
Madagascar (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Malawi (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Mali (Edit)	No equivalent						50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px			50px			Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Mauritania (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division لواء		Général de brigade عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant-Colonel مقدم		Commandant رائد		Capitaine نقيب		Lieutenant ملازم أول			Sous-Lieutenant ملازم
Mauritius (Edit)	No army
Morocco (Edit)																									Unknown
	Maréchal		Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade	Colonel Major	Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Mozambique (Edit)	No equivalent		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
			Coronel General	Teniente General	Major General	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Major	Capitáo	Teniente	Aleférez
Namibia (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Niger (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
											Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Nigeria (Edit)		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Rwanda (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant General	General Major	General de Brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captaine	Lieutenant	Sous lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer
Senegal (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Seychelles (Edit)	No equivalent				50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
					Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Sierra Leone (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Somalia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
South Africa (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
		General Generaal	Lieutenant General Luitenant Generaal	Major General Generaal-Majoor	Brigadier General Brigadier Generaal	Colonel Kolonel	Lieutenant Colonel Luitenant Kolonel	Major Majoor	Captain Kaptein	Lieutenant Luitenant	2nd Lieutenant Tweede Luitenant	Candidate officer Kandidaat Offisier
South Sudan (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Sudan (Edit)	50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px		50px			50px			Unknown
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Swaziland (Edit)												Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Tanzania (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General Jenerali	Lieutenant General Luteni Jenerali	Major General Meja Jenerali	Brigadier Brigedia	Colonel Kanali	Lieutenant Colonel Luteni Kanali	Major Meja	Captain Kapteni	Lieutenant Luteni wa Kwanza	2nd lieutenant Luteni wa Pili
Tunisia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Uganda (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Zambia (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) & Student officer

Warrant officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1
South Africa (Edit)
	Master chief warrant officer	Senior chief warrant officer	Chief warrant officer	Master warrant officer	Senior warrant officer

See also

• Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
• Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers