Comparative army officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of Asian states.

Note: Since none of the countries on this list are part of NATO, the conversion to equivalent NATO ranks are approximate.

Officers

Equivalent
NATO code
OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D) and student officer
Afghanistan
(Edit)
Marshal
مارشال
Setar jenral
ستر جنرال
Dagar jenral
ډگرجنرال
Turan jenral
تورن جنرال
Brid jenral
برید جنرال
Dagarwal
ډگروال
Dagarman
ډگرمن
Jagran
جگرن
Jag turan
جگتورن
Turan
تورن
Lomri baridman
لمړی بريدمن
Dvahomi baridman
دوهم بریدمن
Dreyom baridman
دریم بریدمن
Armenia
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
Army general
Բանակի գեներալ
Colonel general
գեներալ- գնդապետ
Lieutenant general
գեներալ- լեյտենանտ
Major general
գեներալ-մայոր
Colonel
գնդապետ
Lieutenant Colonel
գնդապետ-լեյտենանտ
Major
մայոր
Captain
կապիտան
Senior Lieutenant
ավագ լեյտենանտ
Lieutenant
լեյտենանտ
Junior Lieutenant
կրտսեր լեյտենանտ
Azerbaijan
(Edit)
No equivalent
Unknown
general-polkovnik general-leytenant general-mayor polkovnik polkovnik-leytenant mayor kapitan baş leytenant leytenant kiçik leytenant
Bahrain
(Edit)
No equivalent
Field Marshal
(مشیر)
General
(فريق أول)
Lieutenant General
(فريق)
Major General
(لواء)
Brigadier General
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant Colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First Lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second Lieutenant
(ملازم)
Bangladesh
(Edit)
No equivalent
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Bhutan
(Edit)
No equivalent
Field
Marshal
General Lieutenant
General
Major
General
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain Lieutenant Second
Lieutenant
Brunei
(Edit)
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Cambodia
(Edit)
General of the Army
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier General
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
1st Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
No equivalent
នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ផុតលេខ
neay uttamseni photlekh
នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍
neay uttamseni
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក
uttamseniek
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ
uttamsenito
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី
uttamsenit
វរសេនីយ៍ឯក
vorseniek
វរសេនីយ៍ទោ
vorsenito
វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី
vorsenit
អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក
anouseniek
អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ
anousenito
អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី
anouseni trei
General of the Army General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant
People's Republic of China
(Edit)
No equivalent
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Colonel Commandant
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Officer Cadet
General
上将
shàngjiàng
Lieutenant General
中将
zhōngjiàng
Major General
少将
shàojiàng
Senior Colonel
大校
dàxiào
Colonel
上校
shàngxiào
Lieutenant Colonel
中校
zhōngxiào
Major
少校
shàoxiào
Captain
上尉
shàngwèi
First Lieutenant
中尉
zhōngwèi
Second Lieutenant
少尉
shàowèi
Officer Cadet
学员
xuéyuán
Republic of China
(edit)
No equivalent No equivalent
Full general General Lieutenant general Major general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
一級上將 二級上將 中將 少將 上校 中校 少校 上尉 中尉 少尉 軍校生
India
(Edit)
Field
Marshal
General Lieutenant
General
Major
General
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Equivalent
NATO code
OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D) and student officer
Indonesia
(Edit)
No equivalent
Jenderal Besar Jenderal Letnan Jenderal Mayor Jenderal Brigadir Jenderal Kolonel Letnan Kolonel Mayor Kapten Letnan Satu Letnan Dua
General of the Army General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Iran
(Edit)
No equivalent
General
ارتشبد
Lieutenant General
سپهبد
Major General
سرلشکر
Brigadier General
سرتیپ
2nd Brigadier General
سرتیپ دوم
Colonel
سرهنگ
Lieutenant Colonel
سرهنگ دوم
Major
سرگرد
Captain
سروان
1st Lieutenant
ستوان یکم
2nd Lieutenant
ستوان دوم
3rd Lieutenant
ستوان سوم
Officer Cadet
(دانشجوی دانشگاه افسری امام علی (ع
Iraq
(Edit)
No equivalent
Field marshal
(مهيب)
Colonel General
(فريق أول)
Lieutenant general
(فريق)
Major general
(لواء)
Brigadier general
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second lieutenant
(ملازم)
Israel
(Edit)
No equivalent
Unknown
Rav aluf
Chief General
Aluf
General
Tat aluf
Subordinate General
Aluf mishne
Junior General
Sgan aluf
Deputy General
Rav seren
Chief Commander
Seren
Captain
Segen
Deputy
Segen mishne
Junior Deputy
Japan
(Edit)
No equivalent
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
No equivalent
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
No equivalent
General
陸将
(統合幕僚長および陸上幕僚長)
Lieutenant General
陸将
Major general
陸将補
Colonel
1等陸佐
Lieutenant Colonel
2等陸佐
Major
3等陸佐
Captain
1等陸尉
First Lieutenant
2等陸尉
Second Lieutenant
3等陸尉
Jordan
(Edit)
Field Marshal
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Warrent officer
Field Marshal
مشير
General
فريق أول
Lieutenant General
فريق
Major General
لواء
Brigadier General
عميد
Colonel
عقيد
Lieutenant Colonel
مقدم
Major
رائد
Captain
نقيب
First Lieutenant
ملازم أول
Second Lieutenant
ملازم ثاني
Warrent Officer
وكيل ضابط
Kazakhstan
(Edit)
Commander-in-Chief General of the Army
(Армия Генералы)
Colonel general
(Генерал-Полҝвниҝ)
Lieutenant general
(Генерал-лейтенант)
Major general
(Генерал-майор)
Colonel
(Полковник)
Lieutenant Colonel
(Подполковник)
Major
(Майор)
Captain
(Капитан)
Senior Lieutenant
(Аға лейтенант)
Lieutenant
(лейтенант)
Kursant
North Korea
(Edit)
Unknown
Marshal of the KPA
(인민군원수)
Vice marshal
(차수)
Army general
(대장)
Colonel general
(상장)
Lieutenant general
(중장)
Major general
(소장)
Senior Colonel (Brigadier)
(대좌)
Colonel
(상좌)
Lieutenant colonel
(중좌)
Major
(소좌)
Captain
(대위)
Senior lieutenant
(상위)
Lieutenant
(중위)
Junior lieutenant
(소위)
South Korea
(Edit)
Unknown
Marshal
(원수)
General
(대장)
Lieutenant general
(중장)
Major general
(소장)
Brigadier general
(준장)
Colonel
(대령)
Lieutenant colonel
(중령)
Major
(소령)
Captain
(대위)
Lieutenant
(중위)
Junior lieutenant
(소위)
Kuwait
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent
General
(فريق أول)
Lieutenant General
(فريق)
Major General
(لواء)
Brigadier General
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant Colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First Lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second Lieutenant
(ملازم)
Kyrgyzstan
(Edit)
No equivalent
Unknown
Генерал-полковник Генерал-лейтенант Генерал-майор Полковник Подполковник Майор Капитан Улук лейтенант Лейтенант Кенже лейтенант
Equivalent
NATO code
OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D) and student officer
Laos
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General
(ພົນເອກ)
Lieutenant general
(ພົນໂທ)
Major general
(ພົນຕີ)
Brigadier general
(ພົນຈັດຕະວາ)
Colonel
(ພັນເອກ)
Lieutenant Colonel
(ພັນໂທ)
Major
(ພັນຕີ)
Captain
(ຮ້ອຍເອກ)
Lieutenant
(ຮ້ອຍໂທ)
Second Lieutenant
(ຮ້ອຍຕີ)
Lebanon
(Edit)
No equivalent
Lieutenant
General
عماد
Major
General
لواء
Brigadier
General
عميد
Colonel
عقيد
Lieutenant
Colonel
مقدم
Major
رائد
Captain
نقيب
First
Lieutenant
ملازم أول
Second
Lieutenant
ملازم
3rd Year
Student
2nd Year
Student
1st Year
Student
Malaysia
(Edit)
No insignia
Field Marshal
Fil Marsyal
General
Jeneral
Lieutenant General
Leftenan Jeneral
Major General
Mejar Jeneral
Brigadier General
Brigedier Jeneral
Colonel
Kolonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Leftenan Kolonel
Major
Mejar
Captain
Kapten
Lieutenant
Leftenan
Second Lieutenant
Leftenan Muda
Officer Cadet
Pegawai Kadet
Maldives
(Edit)
No equivalent
Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Candidate
Mongolia
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent
General
Генерал
Lieutenant general
Дэслэгч генерал
Major general
Хошууч генерал
Brigadier general
Бригадын генерал
Colonel
Хурандаа
Lieutenant Colonel
Дэд хурандаа
Major
Хошууч
Captain
Ахмад
Senior Lieutenant
Ахлах дэслэгч
Lieutenant
Дэслэгч
Myanmar
(Edit)
Unknown
Senior General
(ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး)
Vice Senior General
(ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး)
General
(ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး)
Lieutenant General
(ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး)
Major General
(ဗိုလ်ချုပ်)
Brigadier General
(ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ်)
Colonel
(ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး)
Lieutenant Colonel
(ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး)
Major
(ဗိုလ်မှူး)
Captain
(ဗိုလ်ကြီး)
Lieutenant
(ဗိုလ်)
Second Lieutenant
(ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်)
Nepal
(Edit)
No equivalent No insignia
General of the Army
महारथी (प्रधानसेनापती)
Lieutenant General
रथी
Major General
उपरथी
Brigadier General
सहायक रथी
Colonel
महासेनानी
Lieutenant Colonel
प्रमुख सेनानी
Major
सेनानी
Captain
सहसेनानी
Lieutenant
उपसेनानी
Second Lieutenant
सहायक सेनानी
Officer cadet
अधिकृत क्याडेट
Oman
(Edit)
No equivalent
Field
Marshal
(مشیر)
General
(فريق أول)
Lieutenant
General
(فريق)
Major
General
(لواء)
Brigadier
General
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant
Colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First
Lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second
Lieutenant
(ملازم)
Pakistan
(Edit)
Unknown
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Philippines
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant
General
Major
General
Brigadier
General
Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain First
Lieutenant
Second
Lieutenant
Qatar
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
General Lieutenant
General
Major
General
Brigadier
General
Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel
Major Captain First
Lieutenant
Second
Lieutenant
Russia
(Edit)
Márshal Rossíyskoy
Federátsii
Generál Ármii Generál-Polkóvnik Generál-Leytenánt Generál-Mayór Polkóvnik Podpolkóvnik Mayór Kapitán Stárshiy leytenánt Leytenánt Mládshiy leytenánt Kursant
Equivalent
NATO code
OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D) and student officer
Saudi Arabia
(Edit)
No equivalent
General
(فريق أول)
Lieutenant
general
(فريق)
Major
general
(لواء)
Brigadier General
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant
colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First
lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second
lieutenant
(ملازم)
Officer cadet
Singapore
(Edit)
No equivalent Insignia not known
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Professional Term Service Term Officer Cadet
Sri Lanka
(Edit)
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Syria
(Edit)
Unknown
Field marshal
(فريق)
Colonel General
(عماد أول)
Lieutenant general
(عماد)
Major general
(اللواء)
Brigadier general
(عميد)
Colonel
(عقيد)
Lieutenant colonel
(مقدم)
Major
(رائد)
Captain
(نقيب)
First lieutenant
(ملازم أول)
Second lieutenant
(ملازم)
Tajikistan
(Edit)
No equivalent
Army General
(Генерали артиш)
Colonel General
(Генерал-полковник)
Lieutenant General
(Генерал-лейтенант)
Major General
(Генерал-майор)
Colonel
(Полковник)
Lieutenant Colonel
(Подполковник)
Major
(Майор)
Captain
(Капитан)
First Lieutenant
(Лейтенанти калон)
Lieutenant
(Лейтенант)
Second Lieutenant
(Лейтенанти хурд)
Officer Cadet
(Курсант)
Thailand
(Edit)
Field Marshal
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Sub Lieutenant
จอมพล พลเอก พลโท พลตรี พลจัตวา พันเอก พันโท พันตรี ร้อยเอก ร้อยโท ร้อยตรี นักเรียนนายร้อย
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Sub Lieutenant Cadet Officer
Timor-Leste
(Edit)
No equivalent
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Aspirante
Turkmenistan
(Edit)
No equivalent
General armii General-polkovnik General-leýtenant General-maýor Polkovnik Podpolkovnik Maýor Kapitan Uly leýtenant Leýtenant Kiçi leýtenant Harby talyp
United Arab Emirates
(Edit)
No equivalent No equivalent
Fariq Awwal
(فريق أول‎‎)
Fariq
(فريق)
Liwa
(لواء)
Amid
(عميد)
Aqid
(عقيد)
Muqaddam
(مقدم)
Ra'id
(رائد)
Naqib
(نقيب)
Mulazim Awwal
(ملازم أول)
Mulazim
(ملازم)
Uzbekistan
(Edit)
No equivalent Unknown
Armiya Generali General-Polkovnik General-Leytenant General-Mayor Polkovnik Podpolkovnik Mayor Kaptain Katta Leytenant Leytenant Kichik Leytenant
Vietnam
(Edit)
No equivalent
Army general
(Đại tướng)
Colonel general
(Thượng tướng)
Lieutenant General
(Trung tướng)
Major General
(Thiếu tướng)
Senior Colonel
(Đại tá)
Colonel
(Thượng tá)
Lieutenant Colonel
(Trung tá)
Major
(Thiếu tá)
Captain
(Đại úy)
Senior Lieutenant
(Thượng úy)
Lieutenant
(Trung úy)
Junior Lieutenant
(Thiếu úy)
Officer Cadet
(Học viên Sĩ quan)
Yemen
(Edit)
Unknown
Field Marshal General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Equivalent
NATO code
OF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1OF(D) and student officer

Warrant Officers

Equivalent NATO rankWO-1WO-2WO-3WO-4WO-5
Maldives
(Edit)
Warrant Officer Grade 1 Warrant Officer Grade 2 Warrant Officer Grade 3 Warrant Officer Grade 4 Chief Warrant Officer
Singapore
(Edit)
Third warrant officer Second warrant officer First warrant officer Master warrant officer Senior warrant officer Chief warrant officer
Equivalent NATO rankWO-1WO-2WO-3WO-4WO-5

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