Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth

Rank comparison chart of armies/land forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers
Antigua and Barbuda Regiment^[1] v t e
Antigua and Barbuda Regiment^[1] v t e						Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Australian Army^[2] v t e
Australian Army^[2] v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Bahamas	No army
Bangladesh Army^[3] v t e
Bangladesh Army^[3] v t e		জেনারেল Jēnārēl	লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল Lēphṭēnānṭ jēnārēl	মেজর জেনারেল Mējar jēnārēl	ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল Brigēḍiẏār jēnārēl	কর্নেল Karnēl	লেফটেন্যান্ট কর্নেল Lēphṭēnānṭ karnēl		মেজর Mējar	ক্যাপ্টেন Kaepṭēn	লেফটেন্যান্ট Lēphṭēnānṭ		সেকেন্ড লেফটেন্যান্ট Sēkēnḍ lēphṭēnānṭ
Barbados Regiment^[4] v t e
Barbados Regiment^[4] v t e				Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Belize Defence Force v t e
Belize Defence Force v t e				Major-general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Botswana Ground Force^[5] v t e
Botswana Ground Force^[5] v t e			Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Royal Brunei Land Force^[6] v t e
Royal Brunei Land Force^[6] v t e	Fil marsyal	Jeneral	Leftenan jeneral	Mejar jeneral	Brigedier jeneral	Kolonel	Leftenan kolonel		Mejar	Kapten	Leftenan		Leftenan muda
Cameroon Ground Forces v t e
Cameroon Ground Forces v t e		Général d'armée	Général de corps	Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant		Sous-Lieutenant
Canadian Army^[7]^[8] v t e
		General	Lieutenant-general	Major-general	Brigadier-general	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
		Général(e)	Lieutenant(e)-général(e)	Major(e)-général(e)	Brigadier(ère)-général(e)	Colonel(le)	Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le)		Major(e)	Capitaine	Lieutenant(e)		Sous-lieutenant(e)
Cypriot Ground Forces^[9] v t e
Cypriot Ground Forces^[9] v t e			Αντιστράτηγος Antistratigos	Υποστράτηγος Ypostratigos	Ταξίαρχος Taxiarchos	Συνταγματάρχης Syntagmatarchis	Αντισυνταγματάρχης Antisyntagmatarchis		Ταγματάρχης Tagmatarchis	Λοχαγός Lochagos	Υπολοχαγός Ypolochagos		Ανθυπολοχαγός Anthypolochagos
Dominica	No army
Falkland Islands Defence Force v t e
Falkland Islands Defence Force v t e									Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Fiji Infantry Regiment v t e
				Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
				Jenerali meja	Brigadi	Kanala	Leteni kanala		Meja	Kavetani	Leteni		Ikarua ni leteni
Gabonese Army^[10] v t e
Gabonese Army^[10] v t e		Général d'armée	Général de corps d'armée	Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant		Sous-Lieutenant
Ghana Army v t e
Ghana Army v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Grenada	No army
Guyana Army^[11] v t e
Guyana Army^[11] v t e	Commander-in-Chief	Minister of Defence		Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second lieutenant		Ensign
Indian Army^[12] v t e
Indian Army^[12] v t e	Field marshal फील्ड मार्शल	General जनरल	Lieutenant general लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल	Major general मेजर जनरल	Brigadier ब्रिगेडियर	Colonel कर्नल	Lieutenant colonel लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल		Major मेजर	Captain कैप्टन	Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers
Jamaican Army^[13] v t e
Jamaican Army^[13] v t e			Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Kenya Army^[14] v t e
Kenya Army^[14] v t e	Commander-in-Chief	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Kiribati	No army
Lesotho Army^[15] v t e
Lesotho Army^[15] v t e	Field marshal		Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Malawi Army v t e
Malawi Army v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Malaysian Army^[16] v t e
Malaysian Army^[16] v t e	Fil marsyal	Jeneral	Leftenan jeneral	Mejar jeneral	Brigedier jeneral	Kolonel	Leftenan kolonel		Mejar	Kapten	Leftenan		Leftenan muda
Army of Malta^[17] v t e
Army of Malta^[17] v t e					Brigadier Brigadier	Colonel Kurunell	Lieutenant colonel Logutenent kurunell		Major Maġġur	Captain Kaptan	Lieutenant Logutenent		Second lieutenant Sekond logutenent
Mauritius	No army
Mozambican Army v t e
Mozambican Army v t e		Coronel-general	Tenente-general	Major-general		Coronel	Tenente-coronel		Major	Capitão	Tenente		Alferes
Namibian Army^[18] v t e
Namibian Army^[18] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Nauru	No army
New Zealand Army^[19] v t e
New Zealand Army^[19] v t e	Field marshal		Lieutenant-general	Major-general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Nigerian Army^[20] v t e
Nigerian Army^[20] v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier-general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Pakistan Army^[21] v t e
Pakistan Army^[21] v t e	Field marshal فیلڈ مارشل	General جنرل	Lieutenant general لیفٹیننٹ جنرل	Major general میجر جنرل	Brigadier بریگیڈیئر	Colonel کرنل	Lieutenant colonel لیفٹیننٹ کرنل		Major میجر	Captain کیپٹن	Lieutenant لیفٹنینٹ		Second lieutenant سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ
Papua New Guinea Land Element v t e
				Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant
				Meja jeneral	Brigadia jeneral	Kolonel	Leftenan kolonel		Meja	Kepten	Leftenan		Namba tu leftenan
Rwandan Land Forces^[22] v t e
Rwandan Land Forces^[22] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment^[23] v t e
SKN Regiment^[23] v t e							Lieutenant-colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers
Saint Lucia	No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No army
Samoa	No army
Seychelles Army^[24] v t e
Seychelles Army^[24] v t e					Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Sierra Leone Army v t e
Sierra Leone Army v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Singapore Army^[25] v t e		No insignia yet
Singapore Army^[25] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Solomon Islands	No army
South African Army^[26] v t e
South African Army^[26] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Sri Lanka Army^[27] v t e
Sri Lanka Army^[27] v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Eswatini Army v t e
Eswatini Army v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		2nd lieutenant
Tanzanian Army v t e
Tanzanian Army v t e		Jenerali	Luteni jenerali	Meja jenerali	Brigedia jenerali	Kanali	Luteni kanali		Meja	Kapteni	Luteni		Luteni usu
Togolese Army^[28] v t e
Togolese Army^[28] v t e				Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant		Sous-lieutenant
Tongan Land Component^[29] v t e
		Commander-in-chief			Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Ensign
		Komanitā-pule			Pilikaria seniale	Kenolo	Lafitani kenolo		Mesia	Kapiteni	Lafitani		Lafitani ua
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment^[30] v t e
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment^[30] v t e				Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Tuvalu	No army
Ugandan Land Forces^[31] v t e
Ugandan Land Forces^[31] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
British Army^[32] v t e
British Army^[32] v t e	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant-general	Major-general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Vanuatu Mobile Forces v t e
Vanuatu Mobile Forces v t e				Major general Bigfala Jenerol	Brigadier	Colonel Kolonel	Lieutenant colonel Lietnen Kolonel		Major Bigfala	Captain Kapten	First lieutenant Fas Lietnen		Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen
Zambian Army v t e
Zambian Army v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers

Notes

References

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Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth

Contents

Officers

Notes

References

See also