Comparative navy officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers								Senior officers					Junior officers					Officer cadet
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	No navy
Armenia	No navy
Azerbaijani Navy^[1] v t e
Azerbaijani Navy^[1] v t e					Admiral	Vitse-admiral	Kontr-admiral		Birinci dərəcəli kapitan		Ikinci dərəcəli kapitan		Üçüncü dərəcəli kapitan	Kapitan-leytenant	Baş leytenant	Leytenant		Kiçik leytenant
Royal Bahrain Naval Force v t e
Royal Bahrain Naval Force v t e	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Bangladesh Navy^[2] v t e
Bangladesh Navy^[2] v t e			এ্যাডমিরাল Ēyāḍamirāla		ভাইস এ্যাডমিরাল Bhā'isa ēyāḍamirāla	রিয়ার এ্যাডমিরাল Riẏāra ēyāḍamirāla	কমোডোর Kamōḍōra		ক্যাপ্টেন Kyāpṭēna		কমান্ডার Kamānḍāra		লেফটেন্যান্ট কমান্ডার Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa kamānḍāra	লেফটেন্যান্ট Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa	সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট Sāba-lēphaṭēn'yānṭa	এ্যাক্টিং সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট Ēyākṭiṁ sāba-lēphaṭēn'yānṭa		মিডশিপম্যান Miḍaśipamyāna
Bhutan	No navy
Royal Brunei Navy^[3] v t e
Royal Brunei Navy^[3] v t e	Laksamana armada		Laksamana		Laksamana madya	Laksamana muda	Laksamana pertama		Kepten		Komander		Leftenan komander	Leftenan	Leftenan madya		Leftenan muda
Royal Cambodian Navy v t e
Royal Cambodian Navy v t e			នាយឧត្តមនាវី Néay Ŭtdâmnéavi		ឧត្តមនាវីឯក Ŭtdâmnéavi Êk	ឧត្តមនាវីទោ Ŭtdâmnéavi Toŭ	ឧត្តមនាវីត្រី Ŭtdâmnéavi Trei		វរនាវីឯក Vôrnéavi Êk		វរនាវីទោ Vôrnéavi Toŭ		វរនាវីត្រី Vôrnéavi Trei	អនុនាវីឯក Ânŭnéavi Êk	អនុនាវីទោ Ânŭnéavi Toŭ		អនុនាវីត្រី Ânŭnéavi Trei		នាយចំណង់ Néay Châmnáng
PLA Navy^[4] v t e
PLA Navy^[4] v t e			海军上将 Hǎijūn shàngjiàng		海军中将 Hǎijūn zhōngjiàng	海军少将 Hǎijūn shàojiàng			海军大校 Hǎijūn dàxiào	海军上校 Hǎijūn shàngxiào	海军中校 Hǎijūn zhōngxiào		海军少校 Hǎijūn shàoxiào	海军上尉 Hǎijūn shàngwèi	海军中尉 Hǎijūn zhōngwèi		海军少尉 Hǎijūn shàowèi		海军学员 Hǎijūn xuéyuán
Indian Navy^[5] v t e
Indian Navy^[5] v t e			Admiral एडमिरल		Vice admiral वाइस एडमिरल	Rear admiral रियर एडमिरल	Commodore कमोडोर		Captain कैप्टन		Commander कमांडर		Lieutenant commander लेफ़्टिनेंट कमांडर	Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट	Sub-lieutenant सब लेफ्टिनेंट		Midshipman मिडशिपमैन
Rank group	General / flag officers								Senior officers					Junior officers					Officer cadet
Indonesian Navy^[6] v t e
Indonesian Navy^[6] v t e	Laksamana besar		Laksamana		Laksamana madya	Laksamana muda	Laksamana pertama		Kolonel		Letnan kolonel		Mayor	Kapten	Letnan satu		Letnan dua
Iranian Navy^[7] v t e
			دریابد Daryabod		دریاسالار Daryasalar	دریابان Daryaban	دریادار Daryadar	دریادار دوم Daryadar dovom	ناخدا یکم Nakhoda yekom		ناخدا دوم Nakhoda dovom		ناخدا سوم Nakhoda sevom	ناوسروان Navsarvan	ناوبان یکم Navban yekom	ناوبان دوم Navban dovom		ناوبان سوم Navban sevom
			Admiral		Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Flotilla admiral	Second flotilla admiral	Captain		Commander		Lieutenant Commander	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Ensign		Ensign Junior Grade
Iraqi Navy^[8] v t e
Iraqi Navy^[8] v t e	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Israeli Navy^[9] v t e
Israeli Navy^[9] v t e					רב-אלוף Rav aluf	אלוף Aluf	תת-אלוף Tat aluf		אלוף משנה Aluf mishne		סגן-אלוף Sgan aluf		רב סרן Rav seren	סרן Seren	סגן Segen		סגן-משנה Segen mishne		קצין אקדמאי בכיר Katzín akademai bakhír	קצין מקצועי אקדמאי Katzín miktsoí akademai
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[10] v t e
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[10] v t e			幕僚長たる海将 Bakuryōchō-taru-kaishō		海将 Kaishō	海将補 Kaishō-ho			1等海佐 Ittō kaisa		2等海佐 Nitō kaisa		3等海佐 Santō kaisa	1等海尉 Ittō kaii	2等海尉 Nitō kaii	3等海尉 Santō kaii		准海尉 Jun kaii
Kazakh Naval Forces^[11] v t e
Kazakh Naval Forces^[11] v t e	Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ				Адмирал Admïral	Вице-адмирал Vice-admïral	Контр-адмирал Kontr-admïral		Бірінші дәрежелі капитан Birinşi därejeli kapïtan		Екінші дәрежелі капитан Ekinşi därejeli kapïtan		Үшінші дәрежелі капитан Üşinşi därejeli kapïtan	Капитан-лейтенант Kapïtan-leytenant	Аға лейтенант Ağa leytenant		Лейтенант Leytenant
Korean People's Navy^[12] v t e
Korean People's Navy^[12] v t e	인민군원수 Inmingun-wonsu	차수 Chasu	대장 Daejang		상장 Sangjang	중장 Chungjang	소장 Sojang		대좌 Daechwa	상좌 Sangjwa	중좌 Chungjwa		소좌 Sojwa	대위 Taewi	상위 Sangwi	중위 Chungwi		소위 Sowi
Republic of Korea Navy^[13] v t e
Republic of Korea Navy^[13] v t e	원수 Wonsu		대장 Daejang		중장 Jungjang	소장 Sojang	준장 Junjang		대령 Daeryeong		중령 Jungnyeong		소령 Soryeong	대위 Daewi	중위 Jungwi		소위 Sowi
Kuwait Navy v t e
Kuwait Navy v t e			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Kyrgyzstan	No navy
Rank group	General / flag officers								Senior officers					Junior officers					Officer cadet
Royal Malaysian Navy^[14] v t e
Royal Malaysian Navy^[14] v t e	Laksamana armada		Laksamana		Laksamana madya	Laksamana muda	Laksamana pertama		Kepten		Komander		Leftenan komander	Leftenan	Leftenan madya		Leftenan muda		Pegawai kadet kanan	Pegawai kadet
Mongolia	No navy
Myanmar Navy v t e
Myanmar Navy v t e	ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး bogyok hmūgyī		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး dụtịyạ bogyok hmūgyī	ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး bogyok kyī	ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး dụtịyạ bogyok kyī	ဗိုလ်ချုပ် bogyok	ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် bohmūgyok		ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး bohmūgyī		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး dụtịyạ bohmūgyī		ဗိုလ်မှူး bohmū	ဗိုလ်ကြီး bogyī	ဗိုလ် bo		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် dụtịyạ bo		ဗိုလ်လောင်း bolāung
Nepal	No navy
Royal Navy of Oman^[15] v t e
Royal Navy of Oman^[15] v t e	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Pakistan Navy^[16] v t e
Pakistan Navy^[16] v t e			Admiral ایڈمرل		Vice admiral وائس ایڈمرل	Rear admiral بحریہ کا امیر	Commodore کموڈور		Captain کپتان		Commander کمانڈر		Lieutenant commander لیفٹیننٹ کمانڈر	Lieutenant لیفٹیننٹ	Sub-lieutenant سب لیفٹیننٹ		Midshipman مڈ شپ مین
Philippine Navy v t e
Philippine Navy v t e			Admiral		Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant	Lieutenant (junior grade)		Ensign
Qatari Emiri Navy v t e
Qatari Emiri Navy v t e			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Russian Navy^[17] v t e
Russian Navy^[17] v t e			Адмирал флота Admiral flota		Адмирал Admiral	Вице-адмирал Vitse-admiral	Контр-адмирал Contre-admiral		Капитан 1-го ранга Kapitan 1-go ranga		Капитан 2-го ранга Kapitan 2-go ranga		Капитан 3-го ранга Kapitan 3-go ranga	Капитан-лейтенант Kapitan-leytenant	Старший лейтенант Starshey leytenant	Лейтенант Leytenant		Младший лейтенант Mladshiy leytenant	Курсант Kursant
Rank group	General / flag officers								Senior officers					Junior officers					Officer cadet
Royal Saudi Navy^[18] v t e
Royal Saudi Navy^[18] v t e			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Republic of Singapore Navy^[19] v t e			No insignia yet
Republic of Singapore Navy^[19] v t e			Admiral		Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Rear admiral (junior grade)		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Midshipman
Syrian Arab Navy^[20] v t e
Syrian Arab Navy^[20] v t e	فريق Fariq		عماد أول‎‎ Eimad 'awal		عماد Eimad	لواء Alliwa'	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Tajikistan	No navy
Royal Thai Navy^[21] v t e
Royal Thai Navy^[21] v t e	จอมพลเรือ Chom phon ruea		พลเรือเอก Phon ruea ek		พลเรือโท Phon ruea tho	พลเรือตรี Phon ruea tri			นาวาเอก Nawa ek		นาวาโท Nawa tho		นาวาตรี Nawa tri	เรือเอก Ruea ek	เรือโท Ruea tho		เรือตรี Ruea tri		นักเรียนนายเรือ Nak-rian nairuea
East Timor Navy^[22] v t e
East Timor Navy^[22] v t e									Capitão de Mar e Guerra		Capitão de Fragata		Capitão-tenente	Primeiro-tenente	Segundo-tenente		Guarda-marinha		Aspirante
United Arab Emirates Navy v t e
United Arab Emirates Navy v t e			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq	لواء Liwa	عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم Mulazim
Uzbek River Force^[23] v t e
Uzbek River Force^[23] v t e									I rang kapitani		II rang kapitani		III rang kapitani	Kapitan-leytenant	Katta leytenant		Leytenant
Vietnam People's Navy^[24] v t e
Vietnam People's Navy^[24] v t e					Đô đốc	Phó đô đốc	Chuẩn đô đốc		Đại tá	Thượng tá	Trung tá		Thiếu tá	Đại úy	Thượng úy	Trung úy		Thiếu úy	Học viên Sĩ quan
Yemeni Navy v t e
Yemeni Navy v t e							عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id	نقيب Naqib	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal		ملازم ثان Mulazim than
Rank group	General / flag officers								Senior officers					Junior officers					Officer cadet

Notes

¹ Honorary/wartime rank.
²Held only by the Chief of the Naval Staff

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[Azerbaijan-1] "Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri hərbi qulluqçularının hərbi geyim forması və fərqləndirmə nişanları haqqında Əsasnamə" (PDF). mod.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Ministry of Defense. 25 June 2001. pp. 64–70. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[Bangladesh_Navy-2] Bangladesh Navy. "Rank of Navy & Equivalent Rank". navy.mil.bd. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[Brunei_Navy-3] "Admiralty Ranks – RBN Admiralty Rank". Navy.MinDef.gov.bn. Royal Brunei Navy Headquarters, Muara Naval Base: Defence Information Technology Unit, Ministry of Defence, Brunei. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

[PPC-4] Ping, Xu (7 August 2017). "我军建军九十年军衔制度沿革" [The evolution of our military rank system over the ninety years of its establishment]. mod.gov.cn (in Chinese). Ministry of National Defense. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[India_Navy-5] "Ranks & Insignia". Join Indian Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[Indonesia-6] "Pangkat Harian". tni.mil.id (in Indonesian). Indonesian National Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[Iran_Navy-7] "Iranian Naval Forces: A tale of two navies" (PDF). oni.navy.mil. US Office of Naval Intelligence. February 2017. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[Iraq-8] Kechichian, Joseph A. (1990). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Iraq: a country study. Area Handbook (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 226–227. LCCN 89013940. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[Israel-9] "עושים לכם סדר בדרגות". idf.il (in Hebrew). Israel Defense Forces. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[Japan-10] "自衛官の階級" [Self-Defense Forces rank]. mod.go.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Ministry of Defense. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[Kazakhstan-11] "Қазақстан Республикасының Қарулы Күштері, басқа да әскерлері мен әскери құралымдары әскери қызметшілерінің әскери киім нысаны және айырым белгілері туралы". adilet.zan.kz (in Kazakh). Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[North_Korea-12] Minnich, James M. (2008). "National Security". In Worden, Robert L. (ed.). North Korea: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 266, 268. LCCN 2008028547. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[SouthKorea_Navy-13] "해군계급장/해군흉.휘장". navy.mil.kr (in Korean). Republic of Korea Navy. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[Malaysia_Officer-14] "Pangkat". mafhq.mil.my (in Malay). Malaysian Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[Oman-15] "The Military Ranks and Badges". mod.gov.om. Ministry of defence. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[Pakistan_Navy_Official_Websites-16] "LIFE IN PN:RANKS". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Pakistan Navy Official Website. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[Russia_Navy-17] Приказ Министра обороны Российской Федерации от 09.10.2020 № 525 (Зарегистрирован 16.11.2020 № 60927) (in Russian). publication.pravo.gov.ru/. 17 November 2020. pp. 320–323. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[Saudi_Arabia-18] Tartter, Jean R. (1993). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Saudi Arabia: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 270–271. LCCN 93028506. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[Singapore-19] "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[Syria-20] "شعار الرأس" [Main logo]. mod.gov.sy (in Arabic). Ministry of Defence (Syria). Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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