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Rank Equivalents — Allied Forces
NATO STANAG 2116 rank mappings for allied and partner nation militaries. Select a NATO rank code to see what it’s called everywhere else, or browse a country’s full rank table side-by-side with the US equivalent.
87Nations with rank data
25NATO rank codes
STANAG 2116Framework
Enlisted (OR)
Warrant (WO)
Officers (OF)
OR-5enlisted
Sergeant
US Benchmark — U.S. Army
SGTSergeantE-5
Allied nations — 86 with rank data
Albania
Rreshter
Argentina
Sargento
Australia
Sergeant
Austria
Gruppenkommandant
Bahrain
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Bangladesh
Naib Subedar
Junior Commissioned Officer
Belgium
Sergent / Sergeant
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vodnik
Sergeant
Botswana
Sergeant
Brazil
2º Sargento
Bulgaria
Старши сержант (Starshi Serzhan)
Canada
Master Corporal
Chile
Sargento Segundo
Colombia
Cabo Primero
Costa Rica
Subinspector
Croatia
Vodnik
Cyprus
Lochias
Sergeant
Czech Republic
Rotný
Denmark
Sergent
Djibouti
Sergent
Dominican Republic
Sargento Segundo
Ecuador
Sargento Segundo
Egypt
Raqib Awwal
Sergeant
El Salvador
Sargento Segundo
Estonia
Seersant
Fiji
Sergeant
Finland
Ylikersantti
Georgia
Serjanti
Sergeant
Ghana
Sergeant
Greece
Archilochías (Αρχιλοχίας)
Sergeant grade
Guatemala
Sargento Segundo
Honduras
Sargento Segundo
Hungary
Őrmester
Iceland
Skipstjóri
India
Naib Subedar
Junior Commissioned Officer
Iraq
Raqib Awwal
Sergeant
Ireland
Sergeant
Israel
Samal
Sergeant
Jamaica
Sergeant
Japan
Sergeant (Nito Rikusō)
Jordan
Raqib Awwal
Sergeant
Kenya
Sergeant
Kosovo
Rreshtar
Sergeant
Kuwait
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Latvia
Vecākais seržants
Lithuania
Seržantas
Luxembourg
Sergent
Malta
Sergeant
Mexico
Sargento Mayor
Mexican rank structure is more compressed than most NATO armies
Moldova
Sergent major
Montenegro
Vodnik
Morocco
Sergent / Raqib
Netherlands
Sergeant
New Zealand
Sergeant
Nigeria
Sergeant
North Macedonia
Vodnik (Водник)
Norway
Sergent
Oman
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Panama
Sargento
Paraguay
Sargento Segundo
Peru
Sargento Segundo
Philippines
Sergeant
Portugal
Furriel
Qatar
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Romania
Sergent
Rwanda
Sergeant
Saudi Arabia
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Senegal
Sergent
Singapore
Corporal First Class
Slovakia
Rotný
Slovenia
Vodnik
South Africa
Sergeant
South Korea
Staff Sergeant (Hasa)
Sweden
Furir
Lower sergeant equivalent in Swedish system
Switzerland
Oberwachtmeister
Taiwan
Sergeant (Zhong Shi)
Tanzania
Sergeant
Thailand
Sergeant (Sibaek)
Trinidad and Tobago
Sergeant
Tunisia
Sergent
Turkey
Kıdemli Çavuş
Uganda
Sergeant
Ukraine
Starshyi Serzhant
Staff Sergeant
United Arab Emirates
Raqib Awwal
Staff Sergeant
Uruguay
Sargento Segundo
Vietnam
Thuong si
Staff Sergeant
About STANAG 2116: NATO Standardization Agreement 2116 defines a common rank scale for allied nations — OR (Other Ranks / Enlisted), WO (Warrant Officers), and OF (Officers). Not every country uses all grades; the US Army serves as the benchmark reference. Warrant officer grades are only used by nations that have a warrant officer corps. Spot an error? Help us fix it.