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 Officer cadet
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Australian Army[2]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet Staff cadet
The Bahamas Bahamas No army
 Bangladesh Army[3]
জেনারেল
Jēnārēla		 লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল
Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa jēnārēla		 মেজর জেনারেল
Mējara jēnārēla		 ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল
Brigēḍiẏāra jēnārēla		 কর্নেল
Karnēla		 লেফটেন্যান্ট কর্নেল
Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa karnēla		 মেজর
Mējara		 ক্যাপ্টেন
Kyāpṭēna		 লেফটেন্যান্ট
Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa		 সেকেন্ড লেফটেন্যান্ট
Sēkēnḍa lēphaṭēn'yānṭa
Barbados Barbados Regiment[4]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Belize Defence Force
 Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Major-general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Botswana Ground Force[5]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer Cadet
 Royal Brunei Land Forces[6]
Fil marsyal Jeneral Leftenan jeneral Mejar jeneral Brigedier jeneral Kolonel Leftenan kolonel Mejar Kapten Leftenan Leftenan muda Pegawai kadet
Cameroon Ground Forces
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
 Canadian Army[7]
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
 Cypriot Ground Forces[8]
Αντιστράτηγος
Antistrátigos		 Υποστράτηγος
Ypostrátigos		 Ταξίαρχος
Taxíarchos		 Συνταγματάρχης
Syntagmatárchis		 Αντισυνταγματάρχης
Antisyntagmatárchis		 Ταγματάρχης
Tagmatárchis		 Λοχαγός
Lochagós		 Υπολοχαγός
Ypolochagós		 Ανθυπολοχαγός
Anthypolochagós		 Δόκιμος Έφεδρος Αξιωματικός
Dókimos Éfedros Axiomatikós
Dominica Dominica No army
Falkland Islands Defence Force
 Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Unknown
Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Fiji Infantry Regiment
Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Gabonese Army
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
 Ghana Army
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Grenada Grenada No army
Guyana Army[9]
Commander-in-Chief Minister of Defence Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign Officer Cadet
 Indian Army[10]
 No insignia
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Officer cadet
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Jamaican Army[11]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer Cadet
 Kenya Army[12]
Commander-in-Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Kiribati Kiribati No army
 Lesotho Army[13]
Field marshal Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Malawi Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant
 Malaysian Army[14]
 No insignia
Fil marsyal Jeneral Leftenan jeneral Mejar jeneral Brigedier jeneral Kolonel Leftenan kolonel Mejar Kapten Leftenan Leftenan muda Pegawai kadet
Army of Malta[15]
Brigadier
Brigadier		 Colonel
Kurunell		 Lieutenant colonel
Logutenent kurunell		 Major
Maġġur		 Captain
Kaptan		 Lieutenant
Logutenent		 Second lieutenant
Sekond logutenent
Mauritius Mauritius No army
Mozambican Army
Coronel-general Tenente-general Major-general Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Tenente Alferes
 Namibian Army[16]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Nauru Nauru No army
 New Zealand Army[17]
 Field marshal 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
 Nigerian Army[18]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Pakistan Army[19]
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
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Senior officer cadet Junior officer cadet
Rwandan Land Forces[20]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment[21]
 Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer Cadet
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army
Samoa Samoa No army
Seychelles Army[22]
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Sierra Leone Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
 Singapore Army[23]
 No insignia yet
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer cadet
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands No army
 South African Army[24]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant Candidate officer
 Sri Lanka Army[25]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Eswatini Army
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant
Tanzanian Army
Jenerali Luteni jenerali Meja jenerali Brigedia jenerali Kanali Luteni kanali Meja Kapteni Luteni Luteni usu Ofisa mteule
Togolese Army[26]
Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Tongan Land Component[27]
Commander-in-chief Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Ensign Officer cadet
 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[28]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Tuvalu Tuvalu No army
 Ugandan Land Forces[29]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
 British Army[30]
 Field marshal General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Field marshal General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Vanuatu Mobile Forces
Major general
Bigfala Jenerol		 Brigadier Colonel
Kolonel		 Lieutenant colonel
Lietnen Kolonel		 Major
Bigfala		 Captain
Kapten		 First lieutenant
Fas Lietnen		 Second lieutenant
Seken Lietnen		 Officer cadet
 Zambian Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Notes

    References
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    2. "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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