Comparative army officer ranks of Asia

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

Note: Since none of the countries on this list are part of NATO, the conversion to equivalent NATO ranks are approximate.

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
Afghanistan (Edit)
	Marshal مارشال		Setar jenral ستر جنرال		Dagar jenral ډگرجنرال		Turan jenral تورن جنرال		Brid jenral برید جنرال		Dagarwal ډگروال		Dagarman ډگرمن		Jagran جگرن		Jag turan جگتورن		Turan تورن		Lomri baridman لمړی بريدمن		Dvahomi baridman دوهم بریدمن		Dreyom baridman دریم بریدمن
Armenia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Army general Բանակի գեներալ		Colonel general գեներալ- գնդապետ		Lieutenant general գեներալ- լեյտենանտ		Major general գեներալ-մայոր		Colonel գնդապետ		Lieutenant Colonel գնդապետ-լեյտենանտ		Major մայոր		Captain կապիտան		Senior Lieutenant ավագ լեյտենանտ		Lieutenant լեյտենանտ		Junior Lieutenant կրտսեր լեյտենանտ
Azerbaijan (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					general-polkovnik		general-leytenant		general-mayor		polkovnik		polkovnik-leytenant		mayor		kapitan		baş leytenant		leytenant		kiçik leytenant
Bahrain (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Field Marshal (مشیر)		General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant General (فريق)		Major General (لواء)		Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant Colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First Lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second Lieutenant (ملازم)
Bangladesh (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer cadet
Bhutan (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Brunei (Edit)
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Cambodia (Edit)	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant			No equivalent
	នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ផុតលេខ neay uttamseni photlekh		នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ neay uttamseni		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក uttamseniek		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ uttamsenito		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី uttamsenit		វរសេនីយ៍ឯក vorseniek		វរសេនីយ៍ទោ vorsenito		វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី vorsenit		អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក anouseniek		អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ anousenito			អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី anouseni trei
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
People's Republic of China (Edit)	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Colonel Commandant		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
			General 上将 shàngjiàng		Lieutenant General 中将 zhōngjiàng		Major General 少将 shàojiàng		Senior Colonel 大校 dàxiào		Colonel 上校 shàngxiào		Lieutenant Colonel 中校 zhōngxiào		Major 少校 shàoxiào		Captain 上尉 shàngwèi		First Lieutenant 中尉 zhōngwèi			Second Lieutenant 少尉 shàowèi			Officer Cadet 学员 xuéyuán
Republic of China (edit)	No equivalent								No equivalent
			Full general	General	Lieutenant general		Major general				Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer cadet
			一級上將	二級上將	中將		少將				上校		中校		少校		上尉		中尉			少尉			軍校生
India (Edit)
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant						Officer Cadet
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
Indonesia (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Jenderal Besar		Jenderal		Letnan Jenderal		Mayor Jenderal		Brigadir Jenderal		Kolonel		Letnan Kolonel		Mayor		Kapten		Letnan Satu			Letnan Dua
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Iran (Edit)	No equivalent
			General ارتشبد		Lieutenant General سپهبد		Major General سرلشکر		Brigadier General سرتیپ	2nd Brigadier General سرتیپ دوم	Colonel سرهنگ		Lieutenant Colonel سرهنگ دوم		Major سرگرد		Captain سروان		1st Lieutenant ستوان یکم		2nd Lieutenant ستوان دوم		3rd Lieutenant ستوان سوم		Officer Cadet (دانشجوی دانشگاه افسری امام علی (ع
Iraq (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Field marshal (مهيب)		Colonel General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant general (فريق)		Major general (لواء)		Brigadier general (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second lieutenant (ملازم)
Israel (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Rav aluf Chief General		Aluf General		Tat aluf Subordinate General		Aluf mishne Junior General		Sgan aluf Deputy General		Rav seren Chief Commander		Seren Captain		Segen Deputy			Segen mishne Junior Deputy
Japan (Edit)	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		No equivalent		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			No equivalent
			General 陸将 （統合幕僚長および陸上幕僚長）		Lieutenant General 陸将		Major general 陸将補				Colonel 1等陸佐		Lieutenant Colonel 2等陸佐		Major 3等陸佐		Captain 1等陸尉		First Lieutenant 2等陸尉			Second Lieutenant 3等陸尉
Jordan (Edit)	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Warrent officer
	Field Marshal مشير		General فريق أول		Lieutenant General فريق		Major General لواء		Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد		Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول			Second Lieutenant ملازم ثاني			Warrent Officer وكيل ضابط
Kazakhstan (Edit)
	Commander-in-Chief		General of the Army (Армия Генералы)		Colonel general (Генерал-Полҝвниҝ)		Lieutenant general (Генерал-лейтенант)		Major general (Генерал-майор)		Colonel (Полковник)		Lieutenant Colonel (Подполковник)		Major (Майор)		Captain (Капитан)		Senior Lieutenant (Аға лейтенант)			Lieutenant (лейтенант)			Kursant
North Korea (Edit)																									Unknown
	Marshal of the KPA (인민군원수)	Vice marshal (차수)	Army general (대장)		Colonel general (상장)		Lieutenant general (중장)		Major general (소장)		Senior Colonel (Brigadier) (대좌)	Colonel (상좌)	Lieutenant colonel (중좌)		Major (소좌)		Captain (대위)		Senior lieutenant (상위)		Lieutenant (중위)		Junior lieutenant (소위)
South Korea (Edit)																									Unknown
	Marshal (원수)		General (대장)		Lieutenant general (중장)		Major general (소장)		Brigadier general (준장)		Colonel (대령)		Lieutenant colonel (중령)		Major (소령)		Captain (대위)		Lieutenant (중위)			Junior lieutenant (소위)
Kuwait (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant General (فريق)		Major General (لواء)		Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant Colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First Lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second Lieutenant (ملازم)
Kyrgyzstan (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Генерал-полковник		Генерал-лейтенант		Генерал-майор		Полковник		Подполковник		Майор		Капитан		Улук лейтенант		Лейтенант		Кенже лейтенант
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
Laos (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General (ພົນເອກ)		Lieutenant general (ພົນໂທ)		Major general (ພົນຕີ)		Brigadier general (ພົນຈັດຕະວາ)		Colonel (ພັນເອກ)		Lieutenant Colonel (ພັນໂທ)		Major (ພັນຕີ)		Captain (ຮ້ອຍເອກ)		Lieutenant (ຮ້ອຍໂທ)			Second Lieutenant (ຮ້ອຍຕີ)
Lebanon (Edit)	No equivalent
					Lieutenant General عماد		Major General لواء		Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد		Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول			Second Lieutenant ملازم			3rd Year Student				2nd Year Student				1st Year Student
Malaysia (Edit)																									No insignia
	Field Marshal Fil Marsyal		General Jeneral		Lieutenant General Leftenan Jeneral		Major General Mejar Jeneral		Brigadier General Brigedier Jeneral		Colonel Kolonel		Lieutenant Colonel Leftenan Kolonel		Major Mejar		Captain Kapten		Lieutenant Leftenan			Second Lieutenant Leftenan Muda			Officer Cadet Pegawai Kadet
Maldives (Edit)	No equivalent
							Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Candidate
Mongolia (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General Генерал		Lieutenant general Дэслэгч генерал		Major general Хошууч генерал		Brigadier general Бригадын генерал		Colonel Хурандаа		Lieutenant Colonel Дэд хурандаа		Major Хошууч		Captain Ахмад		Senior Lieutenant Ахлах дэслэгч			Lieutenant Дэслэгч
Myanmar (Edit)																									Unknown
	Senior General (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး)		Vice Senior General (ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး)	General (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး)	Lieutenant General (ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး)		Major General (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်)		Brigadier General (ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ်)		Colonel (ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး)		Lieutenant Colonel (ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး)		Major (ဗိုလ်မှူး)		Captain (ဗိုလ်ကြီး)		Lieutenant (ဗိုလ်)			Second Lieutenant (ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်)
Nepal (Edit)	No equivalent																								No insignia
			General of the Army महारथी (प्रधानसेनापती)		Lieutenant General रथी		Major General उपरथी		Brigadier General सहायक रथी		Colonel महासेनानी		Lieutenant Colonel प्रमुख सेनानी		Major सेनानी		Captain सहसेनानी		Lieutenant उपसेनानी			Second Lieutenant सहायक सेनानी			Officer cadet अधिकृत क्याडेट
Oman (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Field Marshal (مشیر)		General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant General (فريق)		Major General (لواء)		Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant Colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First Lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second Lieutenant (ملازم)
Pakistan (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Philippines (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Qatar (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Russia (Edit)
	Márshal Rossíyskoy Federátsii		Generál Ármii		Generál-Polkóvnik		Generál-Leytenánt		Generál-Mayór		Polkóvnik		Podpolkóvnik		Mayór		Kapitán		Stárshiy leytenánt		Leytenánt		Mládshiy leytenánt		Kursant
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
Saudi Arabia (Edit)	No equivalent
			General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant general (فريق)		Major general (لواء)		Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second lieutenant (ملازم)			Officer cadet
Singapore (Edit)	No equivalent		Insignia not known
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Professional Term				Service Term				Officer Cadet
Sri Lanka (Edit)
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Syria (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field marshal (فريق)		Colonel General (عماد أول)		Lieutenant general (عماد)		Major general (اللواء)		Brigadier general (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)		Captain (نقيب)		First lieutenant (ملازم أول)			Second lieutenant (ملازم)
Tajikistan (Edit)	No equivalent
			Army General (Генерали артиш)		Colonel General (Генерал-полковник)		Lieutenant General (Генерал-лейтенант)		Major General (Генерал-майор)		Colonel (Полковник)		Lieutenant Colonel (Подполковник)		Major (Майор)		Captain (Капитан)		First Lieutenant (Лейтенанти калон)		Lieutenant (Лейтенант)		Second Lieutenant (Лейтенанти хурд)		Officer Cadet (Курсант)
Thailand (Edit)	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Sub Lieutenant
	จอมพล		พลเอก		พลโท		พลตรี		พลจัตวา		พันเอก		พันโท		พันตรี		ร้อยเอก		ร้อยโท			ร้อยตรี			นักเรียนนายร้อย
	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Sub Lieutenant			Cadet Officer
Timor-Leste (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Aspirante
Turkmenistan (Edit)	No equivalent
			Goşun generaly		General-polkownik		General-leýtenant		General-maýor		Polkownik		Podpolkownik		Maýor		Kapitan		Uly leýtenant		Leýtenant		Kiçi leýtenant		Harby talyp
United Arab Emirates (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Fariq Awwal (فريق أول‎‎)		Fariq (فريق)		Liwa (لواء)		Amid (عميد)		Aqid (عقيد)		Muqaddam (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد)		Naqib (نقيب)		Mulazim Awwal (ملازم أول)			Mulazim (ملازم)
Uzbekistan (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Armiya Generali		General-Polkovnik		General-Leytenant		General-Mayor		Polkovnik		Podpolkovnik		Mayor		Kaptain		Katta Leytenant		Leytenant		Kichik Leytenant
Vietnam (Edit)	No equivalent
			Army general (Đại tướng)	Colonel general (Thượng tướng)	Lieutenant General (Trung tướng)		Major General (Thiếu tướng)		Senior Colonel (Đại tá)		Colonel (Thượng tá)		Lieutenant Colonel (Trung tá)		Major (Thiếu tá)		Captain (Đại úy)		Senior Lieutenant (Thượng úy)		Lieutenant (Trung úy)		Junior Lieutenant (Thiếu úy)		Officer Cadet (Học viên Sĩ quan)
Yemen (Edit)																									Unknown
	Field Marshal		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

Warrant Officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-1		WO-2		WO-3		WO-4		WO-5
Maldives (Edit)
	Warrant Officer Grade 1		Warrant Officer Grade 2		Warrant Officer Grade 3		Warrant Officer Grade 4		Chief Warrant Officer
Singapore (Edit)
	Third warrant officer		Second warrant officer		First warrant officer		Master warrant officer	Senior warrant officer	Chief warrant officer
Equivalent NATO rank	WO-1		WO-2		WO-3		WO-4		WO-5

Notes

See also

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