Comparative army enlisted ranks of Africa

Rank comparison chart of enlisted rank for armies/ land forces of African states.

Enlisted

Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5				OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Algeria (Edit)				No equivilant										No equivilant		No insignia
Algeria (Edit)	Sergeant Major		Master Sergeant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal			No equivilant	Private 1st Class	Private
Angola (Edit)	No equivalent			No equivalent											No insignia	No equivalent
Angola (Edit)	No equivalent		Chief Master Sergeant Sargent-chefe	No equivalent		Master Sergeant Primeiro-sargento	Staff Sergeant Segundo-sargento		Sergeant Furriel		Corporal Primeiro-cabo			Private 1st Class Segundo-cabo	Private Soldado	No equivalent
Benin (Edit)	No equivilant
Benin (Edit)	No equivilant					Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Botswana (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Botswana (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Burkina Faso (Edit)				No equivalent							No equivalent
Burkina Faso (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-major	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef	Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				No equivalent			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat de première classe	Private Soldat
Burundi (Edit)											No equivalent					No insignia
Burundi (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	Sergeant Major Première sergent major		Senior Sergeant Première sergent	Sergeant Sergent				No equivalent			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat première classe	Private Soldat
Cameroon (Edit)				No equivilant
Cameroon (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Cape Verde (Edit)
Cape Verde (Edit)	Sargento-mor		Sargento-chefe	Sargento-principal		Primeiro-sargento	Segundo-sargento	Sargento	Furriel	Instruendo curso de sargento	Cabo-principal	Cabo de secção	Cabo-adjunto	Primeiro-cabo	Segundo-cabo	Instruendo curso de cabo
Central African Republic (Edit)																No insignia
Central African Republic (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	Sergeant Major Sergent-major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Career Sergeant Sergent		Sergeant Sergent		Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent					No insignia
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent			Sergeant major Sergent Major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				No equivalent			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Comoros (Edit)				No equivalent
Comoros (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Edit)											No equivalent					No insignia
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef	Warrant Officer Class I Adjudant Première Classe	Warrant Officer Class II Adjudant	Sergeant Major First Class Première Sergent-major	Sergeant Major Sergent-major	Sergeant First Class Première Sergent	Sergeant Sergent				No equivalent			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5				OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Republic of the Congo (Edit)				No equivalent												No insignia
Republic of the Congo (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Djibouti (Edit)				No equivilant
Djibouti (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Egypt (Edit)				No equivilant										No equivilant
	Chief Warrant Officer		Warrant Officer Class 2			Staff Sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal					Private
	Mosa'id awwal (مساعد أول)		Mosa'id (مساعد)			Raqib awwal (رقيب أول)	Raqib (رقيب)				'arif (عريف)					Jondi (جندي)
Equatorial Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent						No equivalent								No equivalent
Equatorial Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent		Sergeant Major Brigada	Master Sergeant Brigada jeff		Sergeant Sarjento	No equivalent				Senior Corporal Cabo primero			Corporal Cabo	No equivalent	Private Soldado
Eritrea (Edit)	No equivalent			No equivalent										No equivalent		No insignia
Eritrea (Edit)	No equivalent		Master Sergeant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal			No equivalent	Private 1st Class	Private
Ethiopia (Edit)				No equivilant												No insignia
Ethiopia (Edit)	Sergeant Major		Master Sergeant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private First Class	Private
Gabon (Edit)				No equivilant
Gabon (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef Major	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef	Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Gambia (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Gambia (Edit)	Warrant officer class 1		Warrant officer class 2	Staff sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Ghana (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Ghana (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza		Warrant Officer Class 2 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili	Staff Sergeant Sajinitaji		Sergeant Sajenti	No equivalent				Corporal Koplo			Lance Corporal Koplo Usu	Private (or equivalent)
Guinea (Edit)				No equivilant
Guinea (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant			Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Guinea-Bissau (Edit)	No equivalent													No equivalent
Guinea-Bissau (Edit)	No equivalent					Primeiro-sargento	Segundo-sargento				Terceiro-sargento			No equivalent	Primeiro-Soldado	Soldado
Ivory Coast (Edit)				No equivilant
Ivory Coast (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldad Première	Private Soldad
Kenya (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Kenya (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Lesotho (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Lesotho (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Liberia (Edit)																No insignia
Liberia (Edit)	Command sergeant major		Master sergeant	Sergeant first class		Staff sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal			Private first class	Private	Private
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5				OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Libya (Edit)	No equivalent			No equivalent										No equivalent		No insignia
Libya (Edit)	No equivalent		Master Sergeant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant	Sergeant				Corporal			No equivalent	Private 1st Class	Private
Madagascar (Edit)																No insignia
Madagascar (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef Major	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef	Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	Sergeant major Sergent Major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Malawi (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Malawi (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Mali (Edit)	No equivilant															No insignia
Mali (Edit)	No equivilant					Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Mauritania (Edit)				No equivilant							No equivilant				No equivilant
Mauritania (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				No equivilant			Corporal Caporal	No equivilant	Private Soldat 2^e classe
Mauritius	No army
Morocco (Edit)
Morocco (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	Sergeant Major Sergent-major		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat de première classe	Private Soldat de Deuxième classe
Mozambique (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Mozambique (Edit)	No equivalent			Sergeant major Intendente		First Sergeant Primeiro-sargento	Second Sergeant Segundo-sargento				Third Sergeant Terceiro-sargento			Corporal Cabo	Private First Class Primeiro soldado	No equivalent
Namibia (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Namibia (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Niger (Edit)				No equivalent
Niger (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer Major	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef	Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat de première classe	Private Soldat
Nigeria (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Nigeria (Edit)	Army Warrant Officer	Master Warrant Officer	Warrant officer	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Rwanda (Edit)											No equivalent				No equivalent	No insignia
Rwanda (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	Sergeant Major Sergent-major		First Sergeant 1er Sergeant	Sergeant Sergent				No equivalent			Corporal Caporal	No equivalent	Private Soldate
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5				OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Senegal (Edit)				No equivalent												No insignia
Senegal (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat de première classe	Private Soldat
Seychelles (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Seychelles (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Sierra Leone (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Sierra Leone (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Somalia (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Somalia (Edit)	Chief Warrant Officer	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 2	Warrant Officer Class 3		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
South Africa (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
South Africa (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Sudan (Edit)				No equivalent												No insignia
Sudan (Edit)	Musaid awwal مساعد أول		Musaid مساعد	No equivalent		Raqib awwal رقيب ثاني	Raqib رقيب				Arif عريف			Wakil arif	Jundi جندي	Mustajidd
Swaziland (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Swaziland (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Tanzania (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Tanzania (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza		Warrant Officer Class 2 Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili	Staff Sergeant Sajinitaji		Sergeant Sajenti	No equivalent				Corporal Koplo			Lance Corporal Koplo Usu	Private (or equivalent)
Togo (Edit)				No equivilant												No insignia
Togo (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef		Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant	No equivilant		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent de Carriere		Sergeant Sergent		Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat Première	Private Soldat
Tunisia (Edit)				No equivalent
Tunisia (Edit)	Sergeant Major Adjudant-major	Master Sergeant Adjudant-chef	Sergeant 1st class Adjudant	No equivalent		Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef	Sergeant Sergent				Master Corporal Caporal-chef			Corporal Caporal	Private First Class Soldat de première classe	Private Soldat
Uganda (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Uganda (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Zambia (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Zambia (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class 1		Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Zimbabwe (Edit)							No equivalent								No insignia
Zimbabwe (Edit)	Regimental sergeant major	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 2	Staff Sergeant		Sergeant	No equivalent				Corporal			Lance Corporal	Private (or equivalent)
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5				OR-4			OR-3	OR-2	OR-1

Comparative army enlisted ranks of Africa

Enlisted

See also