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-10		OF-9		OF-8	OF-7	OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3	OF-2	OF-1				OF(D) and student officer
Afghan National Army
Afghan National Army	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 Army	No equivalent																		Unknown
Armenia Army	No equivalent		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	Unknown
Azerbaijani Land Forces	No equivalent																		Unknown
Azerbaijani Land Forces	No equivalent				general-polkovnik	general-leytenant	general-mayor		polkovnik		polkovnik-leytenant		mayor	kapitan	baş leytenant	leytenant		kiçik leytenant	Unknown
Royal Bahraini Army																			No equivalent
Royal Bahraini Army	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)		No equivalent
Bangladesh Army	No equivalent
Bangladesh Army	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Officer cadet
Royal Bhutan Army																			No equivalent
Royal Bhutan Army	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
Royal Brunei Land Forces
Royal Brunei Land Forces	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
Royal Cambodian Army	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 Liberation Army (Ground Force, Rocket Force, and Strategic Support Force)	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Colonel Commandant		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Officer Cadet
	No equivalent		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 Army	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
Indian Army																			No insignia
Indian Army	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant				Officer Cadet
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
Indonesian Army																			No equivalent
	Jenderal Besar		Jenderal		Letnan Jenderal	Mayor Jenderal	Brigadir Jenderal		Kolonel		Letnan Kolonel		Mayor	Kapten	Letnan Satu		Letnan Dua		No equivalent
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
Iranian Ground Forces	No equivalent
Iranian Ground Forces	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
Iraqi Ground Forces																			No equivalent
Iraqi Ground Forces	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)		No equivalent
Israeli Ground Forces	No equivalent																		Unknown
Israeli Ground Forces	No equivalent				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		Unknown
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	No equivalent		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		No equivalent
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force	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	No equivalent		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		No equivalent
Royal Jordanian Army	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Warrent officer
Royal Jordanian Army	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
Kazakh Ground Forces
Kazakh Ground Forces	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
Korean People's Army Ground Force																			Unknown
Korean People's Army Ground Force	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)	Unknown
Republic of Korea Army																			Unknown
Republic of Korea Army	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)		Unknown
Kuwait Army	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Kuwait Army	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)		No equivalent
Kyrgyz Army	No equivalent																		Unknown
Kyrgyz Army	No equivalent				Генерал-полковник	Генерал-лейтенант	Генерал-майор		Полковник		Подполковник		Майор	Капитан	Улук лейтенант	Лейтенант		Кенже лейтенант	Unknown
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
Lao People's Army	No equivalent																		Unknown
Lao People's Army	No equivalent		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)		Unknown
Lebanese Ground Forces	No equivalent
Lebanese Ground Forces	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
Malaysian Army																			No insignia
Malaysian Army	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
Maldivian Marine Corps	No equivalent
Maldivian Marine Corps	No equivalent					Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Officer Candidate
Mongolian Ground Force	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Mongolian Ground Force	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		No equivalent
Myanmar Army																			Unknown
Myanmar Army	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		Unknown
Nepalese Army	No equivalent																		No insignia
Nepalese Army	No equivalent		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
Royal Army of Oman																			No equivalent
Royal Army of Oman	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)		No equivalent
Pakistan Army																			Unknown
Pakistan Army	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Unknown
Philippine Army	No equivalent																		Unknown
Philippine Army	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Unknown
Qatari Emiri Land Force	No equivalent																		Unknown
Qatari Emiri Land Force	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Unknown
Russian Ground Forces
Russian Ground Forces	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-10		OF-9		OF-8	OF-7	OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3	OF-2	OF-1				OF(D) and student officer
Saudi Arabian Army	No equivalent
Saudi Arabian Army	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 Army	No equivalent		Insignia not known
Singapore Army	No equivalent		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 Army
Sri Lanka Army	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Officer Cadet
Syrian Arab Army																			Unknown
Syrian Arab Army	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)		Unknown
Tajik National Army	No equivalent
Tajik National Army	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)
Royal Thai Army
	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 Army	No equivalent
Timor-Leste Army	No equivalent		General		Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major	Captain	First lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Aspirante
Turkmen Ground Forces	No equivalent
Turkmen Ground Forces	No equivalent		Goşun generaly		General-polkownik	General-leýtenant	General-maýor		Polkownik		Podpolkownik		Maýor	Kapitan	Uly leýtenant	Leýtenant		Kiçi leýtenant	Harby talyp
United Arab Emirates Army	No equivalent																		No equivalent
United Arab Emirates Army	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)		No equivalent
Uzbek Ground Forces	No equivalent																		Unknown
Uzbek Ground Forces	No equivalent		Armiya Generali		General-Polkovnik	General-Leytenant	General-Mayor		Polkovnik		Podpolkovnik		Mayor	Kaptain	Katta Leytenant	Leytenant		Kichik Leytenant	Unknown
Vietnam People's Ground Force	No equivalent
Vietnam People's Ground Force	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)
Yemeni Land Forces																			Unknown
Yemeni Land Forces	Field Marshal		General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain	First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Unknown
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

Warrant Officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-1		WO-2		WO-3	WO-4		WO-5
Bangladesh
Bangladesh	Warrant Officer		Senior Warrant Officer		Master Warrant Officer	Honorary Lieutenant		Honorary Captain
Maldivian Marine Corps
Maldivian Marine Corps	Warrant Officer Grade 1		Warrant Officer Grade 2		Warrant Officer Grade 3	Warrant Officer Grade 4		Chief Warrant Officer
Nepalese Army						No equivalent
Nepalese Army	Warrant Officer Class I Jamadar		Warrant Officer Class II Subedar		Warrant Officer Class III Subedar-major	No equivalent
Pakistan						No equivalent
Pakistan	Naib Subedar/Naib Risaldar		Subedar/Risaldar		Subedar-Major/Risaldar-Major	No equivalent
Singapore Army
Singapore Army	Third warrant officer		Second warrant officer		First warrant officer	Master warrant officer	Senior warrant officer	Chief warrant officer
Vietnam People's Ground Force
Vietnam People's Ground Force	Fourth Warrant Officer (Thiếu úy QNCN)	Third Warrant Officer (Trung úy QNCN)	Second Warrant Officer (Thượng úy QNCN)	First Warrant Officer (Đại úy QNCN)	Master Warrant Officer (Thiếu tá QNCN)	Senior Warrant Officer (Trung tá QNCN)		Chief Warrant Officer (Thượng tá QNCN)
Equivalent NATO rank	WO-1		WO-2		WO-3	WO-4		WO-5

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Comparative army officer ranks of Asia

Officers

Warrant Officers

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