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) and student officer
Algerian People's National Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Angolan Army	No equivalent
			General de Exército		General		Tenente General		Brigadeiro General		Coronel		Tenente Coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Sub-Tenente			Aspirante
Benin Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-Major	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine-Major	Capitaine	Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Botswana Ground Force	No equivalent
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Burkina Faso Ground Forces	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Burundi Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant	Capitaine-Commandant	Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Cameroon Ground Forces	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
Cape Verdean National Guard	No equivalent
							Major General Major-general		Brigadier Brigadeiro		Colonel Coronel		Lieutenant Colonel Tenente-coronel		Major Major		Captain Capitão		First Lieutenant Primeiro tenente		Lieutenant Tenente		Second Lieutenant Subtenente		Officer Cadet Aspirante
Central African Ground Forces	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
Chadian ground forces
	Maréchal		Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Comorian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Land Forces of the DR Congo	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General Général d'Armée		Lieutenant General Lieutenant-Général		Major General Général-Major		Brigadier General Général de Brigade		Colonel Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel		Major Major		Captain Capitaine		Lieutenant Lieutenant			2nd 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) and student officer
Congolese Ground Forces	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Djiboutian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Egyptian Army																									No equivalent
	Moshir (مشير)		Fariq awwal (فريق أول)		Fariq (فريق)		Liwaa' (لواء)		'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim (ملازم)
	Field Marshal		Colonel General / General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Army of Equatorial Guinea	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Major General General De Division		Brigadier General General De Brigada		Colonel Coronel		Lieutenant Colonel Teniente Coronel		Major Comandante		Captain Capitán		1st Lieutenant Teniente			2nd lieutenant Alférez
Eritrean Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ethiopian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant		Lieutenant		2nd Lieutenant
Gabon Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Gambian National Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ghana Army																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Guinea Ground Forces	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
Army of Guinea-Bissau	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General General		Lieutenant general Tenente-general		Major general Major-general		Brigadier general Brigadeir-general		Colonel Coronel		Lieutenant colonel Tenente-coronel		Major Major		Captain Capitão		First lieutenant Primeiro tenente		Lieutenant Tenente		Sub-lieutenant Subtenente
Ivory Coast Ground Forces	No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant			Aspirant
Kenya Army																									Unknown
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Lesotho Army																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Liberian Ground Forces																									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) and student officer
Libyan Ground Forces			No equivalent																						No equivalent
	Mushir (مشير)				Fariq (فريق)		Liwaa' (لواء)		'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim (ملازم)
	Field marshal				Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Lieutenant
Madagascar Ground Forces	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 Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Mali Army	No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant Chef de bataillon Chef d'escadron Chef d'escadrons		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant			Aspirant						Élève officier d'active
Mauritanian National Army	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	No army
Royal Moroccan Army
	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			Aspirant						Eleve Officier
Mozambican Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Coronel General		Teniente General		Major General		Coronel		Teniente Coronel		Major		Capitão		Teniente			Aleférez
Namibian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Niger Army	No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant Chef de bataillon Chef d'escadron(s)		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant			Aspirant
Nigerian Army																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Rwandan Land Forces	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général		Lieutenant général		Général-major		Général 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) and student officer
Army of São Tomé and Príncipe	No equivalent
									Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes			Aspirante-a-Oficial-Aluno
Senegalese Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Seychelles Infantry Unit	No equivalent
									Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Sierra Leone Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Somali National Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant general Sareeye Guud		Major general Sareeye Gaas		Brigadier General Sareeye Guuto		Colonel Gashaanle Sare		Lieutenant colonel Gashaanle Dhexe		Major Gashaanle		Captain Dhamme		First Lieutenant Laba Xídígle			Second Lieutenant Xídígle
South African Army	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant			Candidate officer
South Sudan Army																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Sudanese Army																									Unknown
	Mushir		Fariq awwal (فريق أول)		Fariq (فريق‎‎)		Liwaa' (لواء‎‎)		'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد‎‎)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim thani (ملازم)
Eswatini Army																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Tanzanian Army	No equivalent
			General Jenerali		Lieutenant General Luteni Jenerali		Major General Meja Jenerali		Brigadier General Brigedia Jenerali		Colonel Kanali		Lieutenant Colonel Luteni Kanali		Major Meja		Captain Kapteni		Lieutenant Luteni			2nd lieutenant Luteni usu			Officer candidate
Togolese Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Tunisian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Army corps general		Major general		Brigadier general		Major Colonel	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Ugandan Land Forces	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Zambian Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Zimbabwe National Army	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		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) and student officer

Warrant officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-1		WO-2		WO-3		WO-4		WO-5
South African Army
	Senior warrant officer		Master warrant officer		Chief warrant officer		Senior chief warrant officer		Master chief warrant officer

See also

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

References