This article is a list of various nations' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO rank reference codes. These are used for easy comparison among NATO countries. Links to comparison charts can be found below.
References to modern military edit
Albania edit
Angola edit
Argentina edit
Australia edit
- Australian Defence Force ranks
- Royal Australian Navy ranks and uniforms
- Australian Army officer rank insignia; Australian Army other ranks insignia
- Ranks of the RAAF
Austria edit
Bahrain edit
Bangladesh edit
Belarus edit
Belgium edit
Bhutan edit
Bolivia edit
Bosnia and Herzegovina edit
Botswana edit
Brazil edit
Bulgaria edit
Canada edit
Chile edit
China edit
- Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
- Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Navy
- Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
- Ranks of the People's Armed Police
Colombia edit
Congo edit
Congo-Brazzaville edit
Croatia edit
Cuba edit
Czech Republic edit
Denmark edit
Egypt edit
Ecuador edit
Estonia edit
Ethiopia edit
Finland edit
France edit
Gabon edit
Georgia edit
Germany edit
Greece edit
Hungary edit
India edit
- Indian Armed Forces comparative ranks
- Indian Army ranks and insignia
- Indian Navy ranks and insignia
- Indian Air Force ranks and insignia
Indonesia edit
Iran edit
Iraq edit
Ireland edit
Israel edit
Italy edit
- Italian Army ranks
- Italian Navy ranks
- Italian Air Force ranks
- Italian Carabinieri ranks
- Italian Finance Guard ranks
Japan edit
Jordan edit
Kenya edit
Laos edit
Lebanon edit
Lithuania edit
Malaysia edit
Mexico edit
Mongolia edit
Myanmar edit
Nepal edit
Netherlands edit
New Zealand edit
Nicaragua edit
Nigeria edit
North Korea edit
Norway edit
Pakistan edit
- Pakistan Army ranks and insignia
- Pakistan Navy ranks and insignia
- Pakistan Air Force ranks and insignia
Peru edit
Philippines edit
Poland edit
Portugal edit
Romania edit
Russia edit
- Army ranks and insignia of the Russia
- Naval ranks and insignia of Russia
- Aerospace Forces ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia edit
Serbia edit
Singapore edit
Slovakia edit
Slovenia edit
Somalia edit
Somaliland edit
South Africa edit
South Korea edit
Spain edit
Sri Lanka edit
Sweden edit
Switzerland edit
Syria edit
Republic of China (Taiwan) edit
Tajikistan edit
Tanzania edit
Thailand edit
Tunisia edit
Turkey edit
Ukraine edit
United Arab Emirates edit
United Kingdom edit
- Royal Navy officer rank insignia; Royal Navy ratings rank insignia
- British Army officer rank insignia; British Army other rank insignia
- Royal Air Force officer ranks; Royal Air Force other ranks
- United Kingdom and United States military ranks compared
United States edit
- United States uniformed services: comparative ranks of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted servicemen
- United States Air Force: enlisted, officer
- United States Army: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Coast Guard: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Marine Corps: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Navy: enlisted, warrant officer, officer
- United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: officer
- United States Space Force: enlisted, officer
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps: officer
- United Kingdom and United States military ranks compared
Venezuela edit
Vietnam edit
Zambia edit
Zimbabwe edit
Continental comparisons edit
Africa edit
- Comparative army officer ranks of Africa
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of Africa
- Comparative air force officer ranks of Africa
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Africa
- Comparative navy officer ranks of Africa
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Africa
Americas edit
- Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Americas
- Comparative air force officer ranks of the Americas
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Americas
- Comparative navy officer ranks of the Americas
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of the Americas
Asia edit
- Comparative army officer ranks of Asia
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of Asia
- Comparative air force officer ranks of Asia
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Asia
- Comparative navy officer ranks of Asia
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Asia
Europe edit
- Comparative army officer ranks of Europe
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of Europe
- Comparative air force officer ranks of Europe
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Europe
- Comparative navy officer ranks of Europe
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Europe
Oceania edit
Other comparisons edit
NATO edit
- Ranks and insignia of NATO
- Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO armies enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of officers of NATO navies
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Navies Enlisted
Commonwealth of Nations edit
- Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative navy officer ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
Previous eras edit
Miscellaneous edit
- Imperial Roman legion's ranks
- Confederate Army during the civil war
- Confederate Navy during the civil war
- Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
- Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces
- Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries
- South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia
- United States (Union) Army during the civil war
- United States (Union) Navy during the civil war
First and Second World War comparisons edit
- Comparative military ranks of World War I
- Comparative officer ranks of World War II
- World War II German Army ranks and insignia
- Military ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45)
- Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine
- Japan - army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Japan - naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II