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
Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1] v t e
											Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Australian Army[2] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Bahamas	No army
Bangladesh Army[3] v t e
			জেনারেল General		লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল Lieutenant general		মেজর জেনারেল Major general		ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল Brigadier general		কর্নেল Colonel		লেফটেন্যান্ট কর্নেল Lieutenant colonel		মেজর Major		ক্যাপ্টেন Captain		লেফটেন্যান্ট Lieutenant			সেকেন্ড লেফটেন্যান্ট Second lieutenant
Barbados Regiment[4][5] v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Belize Defence Force v t e
							Major-general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Botswana Ground Force[6] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Royal Brunei Land Force[7] v t e
	Fil marsyal		Jeneral		Leftenan jeneral		Mejar jeneral		Brigedier jeneral		Kolonel		Leftenan kolonel		Mejar		Kapten		Leftenan			Leftenan muda
Cameroon Ground Forces[8][9][10] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Canadian Army[11][12] v t e
			General		Lieutenant-general		Major-general		Brigadier-general		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
			Général(e)		Lieutenant(e)-général(e)		Major(e)-général(e)		Brigadier(ère)-général(e)		Colonel(le)		Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le)		Major(e)		Capitaine		Lieutenant(e)			Sous-lieutenant(e)
Cypriot Ground Forces[13] v t e
					Αντιστράτηγος Antistratigos		Υποστράτηγος Ypostratigos		Ταξίαρχος Taxiarchos		Συνταγματάρχης Syntagmatarchis		Αντισυνταγματάρχης Antisyntagmatarchis		Ταγματάρχης Tagmatarchis		Λοχαγός Lochagos		Υπολοχαγός Ypolochagos			Ανθυπολοχαγός Anthypolochagos
Dominica	No army
Falkland Islands Defence Force v t e
															Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Fiji Infantry Regiment v t e
							Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
							Jenerali meja		Brigadi		Kanala		Leteni kanala		Meja		Kavetani		Leteni			Ikarua ni leteni
Gabonese Army[14] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Ghana Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Grenada	No army
Guyana Army[15] v t e
	Commander-in-Chief		Minister of Defence				Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Ensign
Indian Army[16] v t e
	Field marshal फील्ड मार्शल		General जनरल		Lieutenant general लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल		Major general मेजर जनरल		Brigadier ब्रिगेडियर		Colonel कर्नल		Lieutenant colonel लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल		Major मेजर		Captain कैप्टन		Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Jamaican Army[17] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Kenya Army[18] v t e
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Kiribati	No army
Lesotho Army[19] v t e
	Field marshal				Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Malawi Army[20] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Malaysian Army[21] v t e
	Fil marsyal		Jeneral		Leftenan jeneral		Mejar jeneral		Brigedier jeneral		Kolonel		Leftenan kolonel		Mejar		Kapten		Leftenan			Leftenan muda
Army of Malta[22] v t e
									Brigadier Brigadier		Colonel Kurunell		Lieutenant colonel Logutenent kurunell		Major Maġġur		Captain Kaptan		Lieutenant Logutenent			Second lieutenant Sekond logutenent
Mauritius	No army
Mozambican Army v t e
			Coronel-general		Tenente-general		Major-general				Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Namibian Army[23] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Nauru	No army
New Zealand Army[24] v t e
	Field marshal				Lieutenant-general		Major-general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Nigerian Army[25] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier-general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Pakistan Army[26][better source needed] v t e
	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 v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
							Meja jeneral		Brigadia jeneral		Kolonel		Leftenan kolonel		Meja		Kepten		Leftenan			Namba tu leftenan
Rwandan Land Forces[27] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment[28] v t e
													Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Saint Lucia	No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No army
Samoa	No army
Seychelles Army[29][30] v t e
							Major general[a]		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sierra Leone Army v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Singapore Army[31] v t e			No insignia yet
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Solomon Islands	No army
South African Army[32] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sri Lanka Army[33] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Eswatini Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Tanzanian Army v t e
			Jenerali		Luteni jenerali		Meja jenerali		Brigedia jenerali		Kanali		Luteni kanali		Meja		Kapteni		Luteni			Luteni usu
Togolese Army[34] v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Tongan Land Force[35] v t e
									Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
									Pilikaria seniale		Kenolo		Lafitani kenolo		Mesia		Kapiteni		Lafitani			Lafitani ua
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[36] v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Tuvalu	No army
Ugandan Land Forces[37] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
British Army[38] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant-general		Major-general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Vanuatu Mobile Forces v t e
							Major general Bigfala Jenerol		Brigadier		Colonel Kolonel		Lieutenant colonel Lietnen Kolonel		Major Bigfala		Captain Kapten		First lieutenant Fas Lietnen			Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen
Zambian Army[39] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers

Notes

1. Introduced December 2024