Comparative navy officer ranks of Anglophone countries

Rank comparison chart of officers for navies of Anglophone states.

Officers

Rank group	General/flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers				Officer cadet
Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard^[1] v t e
Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard^[1] v t e						Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Sub-lieutenant	Midshipman
Royal Australian Navy^[2] v t e
Royal Australian Navy^[2] v t e	Admiral of the fleet	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant	Acting sub lieutenant	Midshipman
Royal Bahamas Defence Force^[3] v t e
Royal Bahamas Defence Force^[3] v t e					Commodore	Captain	Senior commander	Commander	Lieutenant commander	Senior lieutenant	Lieutenant	Sub-lieutenant	Acting Sub-lieutenant	Midshipman
Barbados Coast Guard^[4] v t e
Barbados Coast Guard^[4] v t e					Commodore		Commander		Lieutenant Commander	Lieutenant		Sub Lieutenant	Midshipman
Belize Coast Guard v t e														Various^{[note 1]}
														Various^{[note 1]}
				Rear admiral	Rear admiral (lower half)	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Ensign	Officer cadet
Botswana	No navy
Burundi	No navy
Cameroon Navy v t e
Cameroon Navy v t e		Amiral d'escadre	Vice-amiral d'escadre	Vice-amiral	Contre-amiral	Capitaine de vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate		Capitaine de corvette	Lieutenant de vaisseau		Enseigne de vaisseau de 1^re classe	Enseigne de vaisseau de 2^e classe
Royal Canadian Navy^[5]^[6] v t e
		Admiral	Vice-admiral	Rear-admiral	Commodore	Captain (N)	Commander		Lieutenant-commander	Lieutenant (N)		Sub-lieutenant	Acting sub-lieutenant	Naval cadet
		Amiral(e)	Vice-amiral(e)	Contre-amiral(e)	Commodore	Capitaine de vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate		Capitaine de corvette	Lieutenant(e) de vaisseau		Enseigne de vaisseau de 1^re classe	Enseigne de vaisseau de 2^e classe	Aspirant(e) de marine
Dominica	No navy
Eswatini	No navy
Republic of Fiji Navy v t e
Republic of Fiji Navy v t e				Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub-Lieutenant	Ensign	Midshipman
Gambian Navy v t e
Gambian Navy v t e			Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Sub-Lieutenant	Midshipman
Ghana Navy v t e
Ghana Navy v t e		Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant
Grenada	No navy
Guyana Coast Guard v t e
Guyana Coast Guard v t e				Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant Junior Grade	Sub lieutenant	Midshipman
Haitian Navy v t e
Haitian Navy v t e
Indian Navy^[7] v t e
Indian Navy^[7] 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
Irish Naval Service^[8] v t e
Irish Naval Service^[8] v t e			Vice admiral Leas-Aimiréal	Rear admiral Seach-Aimiréal	Commodore Ceannasóir	Captain Captaen	Commander Ceannasaí		Lieutenant commander Lefteanant-Cheannasaí	Lieutenant Lefteanant		Sub-lieutenant Fo-Lefteanant	Ensign Meirgire
Jamaican Coast Guard^[9] v t e
Jamaican Coast Guard^[9] v t e			Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Sub-Lieutenant	Midshipman
Kenya Navy^[10] v t e
Kenya Navy^[10] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain		Lieutenant	Second lieutenant
Kiribati	No navy
Lesotho	No navy
Liberian National Coast Guard^[11] v t e
Liberian National Coast Guard^[11] v t e						Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Ensign
Malawi Navy v t e
Malawi Navy v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain		First lieutenant	Second lieutenant
Maritime Squadron of Malta^[12] v t e
Maritime Squadron of Malta^[12] v t e					Brigadier Brigadier	Colonel Kurunell	Lieutenant colonel Logutenent kurunell		Major Maġġur	Captain Kaptan		Lieutenant Logutenent	Second lieutenant Sekond logutenent
Marshall Islands	No navy
Mauritius	No navy
Federated States of Micronesia	No navy
Namibian Navy^[13] v t e
Namibian Navy^[13] v t e		Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Rear admiral junior grade	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant junior grade	Ensign	Midshipman
Nauru	No navy
Royal New Zealand Navy^[14] v t e
Royal New Zealand Navy^[14] v t e	Admiral of the fleet^[15]		Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant	Ensign	Midshipman
Nigerian Navy^[16] v t e
Nigerian Navy^[16] v t e	Admiral of the Fleet	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub-Lieutenant	Midshipman
Pakistan Navy^[17] v t e
Pakistan Navy^[17] 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
Palau	No navy
Papua New Guinea Maritime Element v t e
Papua New Guinea Maritime Element v t e				Rear Admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant Commander	Lieutenant		Sub Lieutenant		Midshipman
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
Rwanda	No navy
Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard v t e
Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard v t e							Commander		Lieutenant Commander	Lieutenant		Sub-Lieutenant	Midshipman	Officer Cadet
Saint Lucia	No navy
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No navy
Samoa	No navy
Seychelles Coast Guard^[18] v t e
Seychelles Coast Guard^[18] v t e					Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain		Lieutenant	Second lieutenant	Officer cadet
Sierra Leone Navy v t e
Sierra Leone Navy v t e				Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Sub-Lieutenant	Midshipman
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
Solomon Islands	No navy
South African Navy^[20] v t e
South African Navy^[20] v t e		Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Rear admiral (junior grade)	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant	Ensign	Midshipman
South Sudan	No navy
Sudanese Navy^[21] v t e
Sudanese Navy^[21] 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
Tanzania Naval Command v t e
Tanzania Naval Command v t e			Vice admiral	Rear Admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant Commander	Lieutenant		Sub Lieutenant	Ensign
Tongan Navy^[22] v t e
Tongan Navy^[22] v t e		Commander-in-chief			Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant	Midshipman
Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard^[23] v t e
Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard^[23] v t e				Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub-lieutenant	Acting sub-lieutenant	Midshipman	Officer cadet
Tuvalu	No navy
Uganda	No navy
Royal Navy^[24] v t e
Royal Navy^[24] v t e	Admiral of the Fleet	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant	Midshipman	Officer Cadet
United States Navy^[25] v t e														(Various insignia)
United States Navy^[25] v t e	Fleet admiral	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Rear admiral (lower half)	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander	Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)	Ensign	Midshipman / officer candidate
Vanuatu Maritime Wing v t e
Vanuatu Maritime Wing v t e							Commander Komanda		Lieutenant commander Lietnen Komanda	Lieutenant Lietnen		Sub lieutenant Sab-Lietnen		Officer Cadet
Zambia	No navy
Zimbabwe	No navy
Rank group	General/flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers				Officer cadet

Notes

^ Dependent on the establishment the Officer Cadet studies at. This has included Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and the United States Coast Guard Academy.

References

^ Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. "Paratus" (PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "OFFICER RANKS". rbdf.gov.bs. Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ "Ranks & Insignia". Join Indian Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Naval Service Rank Markings". military.ie. Defence Forces (Ireland). Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ "KDF Ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ "Defense Act of 2008" (PDF). 3 September 2008. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "Rank Insignia". afm.gov.mt. Armed Forces of Malta. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ "Badges of Rank" (PDF). nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Shown with cipher of Elizabeth II
^ Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Nigeria: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 296–297. LCCN 92009026. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "LIFE IN PN:RANKS". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Pakistan Navy Official Website. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Rank Insignia". navy.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "الرتب العسكرية" [Military ranks]. mod.gov.sd/ (in Arabic). Republic of Sudan Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009" (PDF). Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary. 5: 151–153. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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Military ranks and insignia by country

List of comparative military ranks

Africa

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Former	People's Republic of Angola Biafra Bophuthatswana Ciskei Kingdom of Egypt Ethiopian Empire Katanga People's Republic of Mozambique Rhodesia South West Africa Transkei Venda Zaire
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Apartheid States in Southern Africa

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Officers: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Enlisted: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Other: Marine Corps Space Force Warrant officer Opposing forces Uruguay Venezuela
Former	Canada (pre-Unification) Confederate States of America Union Army Navy Costa Rica Empire of Brazil Panama Republic of Texas Army Navy United States Army enlisted World War I World War II
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Asia

Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia PR of China Army Navy Air Force East Timor India Army Air Force Navy Coast Guard Border Roads Organisation Paramilitary forces Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea North South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Army Navy Air Force Marines Civil Armed Forces Maritime Security Agency Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Artsakh Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan (Republic of China)
Former	China Empire Republic (1912–1949) Dutch East Indies East Turkestan (Second Republic) People's Republic of Kampuchea Imperial Iran Imperial Japan Army Navy Korea Empire Liberation Army Kingdom of Laos Manchukuo Mengjiang Mongolian People's Republic Vietnam State South South Yemen Tibet Tuva
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Europe

Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Army Navy Air Force Home Guard Estonia Finland France Army Navy Gendarmerie Air and Space Force Foresters Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Land Forces Coast Guard Ireland Italy Army Navy Air Force Carabinieri Finance Guard Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Army Navy Air Force Cossacks Between 1994 and 2010 San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Army officers Army other ranks Navy officers Navy ratings Air Force officers Air Force other ranks Vatican
States with limited recognition	Kosovo Northern Cyprus Transnistria
Former	Albania Kingdom People's Socialist Republic Austria–Hungary Army Navy Bulgaria Kingdom People's Republic Independent State of Croatia Czechoslovakia German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Army Navy Air Force East Germany Kingdom of Greece Army Navy Air Force France Napoleonic Grand Army Hungary Kingdom People's Republic Italy Kingdom Social Republic Ottoman Empire Polish People's Republic Republika Srpska Romania Kingdom Socialist Republic Russian Empire White Movement Slovakia (First Republic) Soviet Union 1918–35 1935–40 1940–43 1943–55 1955–91 Spain 2nd Republic Army Navy Air Force State Yugoslavia Kingdom Socialist Federal Republic Federal Republic
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Oceania

Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga Vanuatu
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Language

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Arabophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Francophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Hispanophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Lusophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Military police Officers Enlisted