Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth

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

Officers

Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF(D) and Student Officer
Antigua and Barbuda (Edit)	No equivalent					50px	50px	50px	File:10.RABDF-CAPT.svg	File:09.RABDF-1LT.svg
						Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Australia (Edit)	50px	50px	50px		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet	Staff Cadet
Bahamas (Edit)	No army
Bangladesh (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Barbados (Edit)	No equivalent			50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Belize (Edit)	No equivalent			Major-General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
				Major-General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Botswana (Edit)	No equivalent		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
			Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Brunei (Edit)	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
	Filed marsyal	Jeneral	Leftenan jeneral	Mejar jeneral	Brigadier jeneral	Kolonel	Leftenan kolonel	Mejar	Kapten	Leftenan	Leftenan muda	Officer cadet
Cameroon (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		Général d'armée	Général de corps d'armée	Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous-Lieutenant
Canada (Edit)	No Equivalent											No Equivalent
		General	Lieutenant-General	Major-General	Brigadier-General	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant		Officer Cadet
		Général	Lieutenant-général	Major-général	Brigadier-général	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel	Major	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous-lieutenant		Élève-officier
Cyprus (Edit)	No equivalent											No equivalent
			Lieutenant general Αντιστράτηγος	Major general Υποστράτηγος	Brigadier Ταξίαρχος	Colonel Συνταγματάρχης	Lieutenant colonel Αντισυνταγματάρχης	Major Ταγματάρχης	Captain Λοχαγός	Lieutenant Υπολοχαγός	Second lieutenant Ανθυπολοχαγός
Dominica (Edit)	No army
Fiji (Edit)	No equivalent			50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Ghana (Edit)	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Grenada (Edit)	No army
Guyana (Edit)	50px	50px	50px		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px 50px 50px Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign		50px
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigade general	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain			Officer Cadet
India (Edit)												Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF(D) and Student Officer
Jamaica (Edit)	No equivalent			50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Kenya (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Kiribati (Edit)	No army
Lesotho (Edit)												Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Malawi (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Malaysia (Edit)	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	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
Malta (Edit)	No equivalent											No equivalent
					Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Mauritius (Edit)	No army
Mozambique (Edit)	No equivalent		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
			Coronel General	Teniente General	Major General	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Major	Capitáo	Teniente	Aleférez
Namibia (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Nauru (Edit)	No army
New Zealand (Edit)	Field Marshal	No equivalent	Lieutenant-General	Major-General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Various
	Field Marshal		Lieutenant-General	Major-General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Nigeria (Edit)		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Pakistan (Edit)												Unknown
	Field marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Papua New Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent			50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Rwanda (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant General	General Major	General de Brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captaine	Lieutenant	Sous lieutenant
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Edit)	No equivalent
							Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Grenada (Edit)	No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Edit)	No army
Samoa (Edit)	No army
Seychelles (Edit)	No equivalent				50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
					Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Sierra Leone (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Singapore (Edit)	No equivalent		50px	50px	50px	50px	50px 50px Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px 50px 50px Professional Term Service Term Officer Cadet
			Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second lieutenant
Solomon Islands (Edit)	No army
South Africa (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
		General Generaal	Lieutenant General Luitenant Generaal	Major General Generaal-Majoor	Brigadier General Brigadier Generaal	Colonel Kolonel	Lieutenant Colonel Luitenant Kolonel	Major Majoor	Captain Kaptein	Lieutenant Luitenant	2nd Lieutenant Tweede Luitenant	Candidate officer Kandidaat Offisier
Sri Lanka (Edit)	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant
Swaziland (Edit)												Unknown
	Field Marshal	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd lieutenant
Tanzania (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General Jenerali	Lieutenant General Luteni Jenerali	Major General Meja Jenerali	Brigadier Brigedia	Colonel Kanali	Lieutenant Colonel Luteni Kanali	Major Meja	Captain Kapteni	Lieutenant Luteni wa Kwanza	2nd lieutenant Luteni wa Pili
Tonga (Edit)	No equivalent				50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
					Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Trinidad and Tobago (Edit)	No equivalent			50px					50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Tuvalu (Edit)	No army
Uganda (Edit)	No equivalent	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
United Kingdom (Edit)													Not Found
	Field Marshal1	General	Lieutenant-General	Major-General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Vanuatu (Edit)	No equivalent			50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px	50px
				Major General	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	1st Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Officer Cadet
Zambia (Edit)	No equivalent											Unknown
		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	2nd Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF(D) and Student Officer

See also

• Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
• Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers