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
Algeria (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Angola (Edit)	No equivalent
			General de Exército		General		Tenente General		Brigadeiro General		Coronel		Tenente Coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Sub-Tenente			Aspirante
Benin (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Commandant		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Botswana (Edit)	No equivalent
					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 Major	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																								Unknown
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Cape Verde (Edit)	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 Republic (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
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Comoros (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
DR Congo (Edit)	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
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-Lieutenant
Djibouti (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Egypt (Edit)																									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
Equatorial Guinea (Edit)	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
Eritrea (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ethiopia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant		Lieutenant		2nd Lieutenant
Gabon (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel Major	Colonel	Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	1st Major	Major	1st Captain	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)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Guinea (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
Guinea-Bissau (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Sub- 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)																									Unknown
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		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) and student officer
Libya (Edit)			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 (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																								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	No army
Morocco (Edit)
	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
Mozambique (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Coronel General		Teniente General		Major General		Coronel		Teniente Coronel		Major		Capitão		Teniente			Aleférez
Namibia (Edit)	No equivalent																								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)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Rwanda (Edit)	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
São Tomé and Príncipe (Edit)	No equivalent
									Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes			Aspirante-a-Oficial-Aluno
Senegal (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Seychelles (Edit)	No equivalent
									Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Sierra Leone (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Somalia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
South Africa (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant			Candidate officer
South Sudan (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Sudan (Edit)																									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)
Swaziland (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Tanzania (Edit)	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
Togo (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Tunisia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Army corps general		Major general		Brigadier general		Major Colonel	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Uganda (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		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
Zimbabwe (Edit)	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 Africa (Edit)
	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