List of comparative military ranks
This article is a list of various states' 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 reference codes. These are the NATO rank reference codes, used for easy comparison amongst NATO countries. Links to comparison charts can be found below.
References to modern military
Argentina
- Military ranks of Argentina
- Argentine Army officer rank insignia
- Argentine Army enlisted rank insignia
Australia
- Australian Army officer rank insignia
- Australian Army other ranks insignia
- Royal Australian Navy ranks and uniforms
- Ranks of the RAAF
- Australian Defence Force ranks and insignia
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Canada
People's Republic of China
- Chinese Army ranks (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Navy ranks (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese Air Force ranks (People's Republic of China)
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Korea
Norway
Pakistan
- Pakistan Army ranks and insignia
- Pakistan Navy ranks and insignia
- Pakistan Air Force ranks and insignia
Peru
- Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú)
- Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú)
- Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú)
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- 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 States
- 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
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps: officer
Venezuela
Vietnam
Previous eras
Miscellaneous
- Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries
- United States (Union) Army during the civil war
- United States (Union) Navy during the civil war
- Confederate Army during the civil war
- Confederate Navy during the civil war
- Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces
- Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy
First and Second World War comparisons
- 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
- List of military decorations of the Third Reich
- Japan - army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Japan - naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
- Nazi Party paramilitary ranks:
- Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party
- Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel
- Ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung
- Ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps
- Ranks and insignia of the Volkssturm
- United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II
Other comparisons
- NATO ranks and insignia
- Comparative military ranks of Korea
- Senior Foreign Service
- Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
- Comparative army officer ranks of Asia