Rank group | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers |
Algerian National Navy[1] | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Angolan Navy[2] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Almirante-da-Armada | Almirante | Vice-almirante | Contra-almirante | Capitão-de-mar-e-guerra | Capitão-de-fragata | Capitão-de-corveta | Tenente-de-navio | Tenente-de-fragata | Tenente-de-corveta |
Benin Navy[3] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1ère classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2ème classe |
Botswana | No navy |
Burkina Faso | No navy |
Burundi | No navy |
Cameroon Navy | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Cape Verdean Coast Guard[4] | | | | | | | | |
Capitão–de–mar | Capitão–de–navio | Capitão-de–patrulha | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Tenente | Guarda-marinha |
Central African Republic | No navy |
Chad | No navy |
Comoros | No navy |
Navy of the DR Congo | | | | | | | | | | | |
Grand amiral | Amiral | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Rank group | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers |
Congolese Navy[5] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Djiboutian Navy | | | | | | | | |
Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Egyptian Navy | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim |
Navy of Equatorial Guinea | | | | | | | | | |
Vice almirante | Contra almirante | Capitán de navío | Capitán de fragata | Capitán de corbeta | Teniente de navío | Alférez de navío | Alférez de fragata |
Eritrean Navy | | | | | | | | | | |
Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Ethiopian Navy | | | | | | | | | | | |
አድሚራል Ādimīrali | ቫይስ አድሚራል Vayisi ādimīrali | ሬር አድሚራል Rēri ādimīrali | ኮሞዶር Komodori | ካፒቴን Kapītēni | ኮማንደር Komanideri | ሌፍተናንት ኮማንደር Lēfitenaniti komanideri | ሌፍተናንት Lēfitenaniti | ሌፍተናንት ጁኒየር ግሬድ Lēfitenaniti junīyeri girēdi | ሰብ ሌፍተናንት Sebi lēfitenaniti |
Gabonese Navy | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe | |
Gambian Navy | | | | | | | | | | |
Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Sub-lieutenant |
Ghana Navy | | | | | | | | | | |
Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub lieutenant |
Guinean Navy | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral de la Flotte | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe | |
Navy of Guinea-Bissau | | | | | | | |
Capitão de mar e guerra | Capitão de fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha/ Subtenente |
Navy of Ivory Coast[6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau major | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe | Aspirant |
Kenya Navy[7] | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
Lesotho | No navy |
Rank group | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers |
Liberian National Coast Guard[8] | | | | | | | | |
Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Ensign | |
Libyan Navy[9] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
مشير Mushir | فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |
Madagascar Navy[10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Malawi Navy | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Mali | No navy |
Mauritanian Navy[11] | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد بحري Amid bahriun | مقدم بحري Muqaddam bahriun | رائد بحري Ra'id bahriun | نقيب بحري Naqib bahriun | ملازم أول بحري Mulazim awwal bahriun | ملازم بحري Mulazim bahriun | |
Mauritius | No navy |
Royal Moroccan Navy[12] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amiral | Vice-amiral d'escadre | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau-major | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Mozambique Naval Command | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Almirante | Vice-almirante | Contra-almirante | Capitão de mar e guerra | Capitão de fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha |
Namibian Navy[13] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral junior grade | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant junior grade | Ensign | Midshipman |
Niger | No navy |
Nigerian Navy[14] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Admiral of the Fleet | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub-Lieutenant | Midshipman |
Rwanda | No navy |
Rank group | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers |
Coast Guard of São Tomé and Príncipe | | | | | | | | |
Capitão de mar e guerra | Capitão de fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha Subtenente | Aspirante |
Senegalese Navy | | | | | | | | | |
Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Seychelles Coast Guard[15] | | | | | | | | | |
Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet |
Sierra Leone Navy | | | | | | | | | | |
Rear admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant (junior grade) | Sub-Lieutenant | Midshipman |
Somali Navy[16] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vice admiral Admiraal guud | Rear admiral Admiraal gaas | Commodore admiral Admiraal guuto | Captain Gashaanle sare | Commander Gashaanle dhexe | Lieutenant commander Gashaanle | Lieutenant Dhamme | Sub lieutenant Laba xídígle | Ensign Xídígle |
Somaliland Coast Guard | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vice admiral Admiraal kuxigeenka | Rear admiral Admiraal gaas | Commodore admiral Admiraal guuto | Captain Gashaanle sare | Commander Gashaanle dhexe | Lieutenant commander Gashaanle | Lieutenant Dhamme | Sub-lieutenant Laba xídígle | Ensign Xídígle |
South African Navy[17] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear admiral | Rear admiral (junior grade) | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub lieutenant | Ensign | Midshipman |
South Sudan | No navy |
Sudanese Navy[18] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |
Swaziland | No navy |
Tanzania Naval Command | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vice admiral | Rear Admiral | Commodore | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Sub Lieutenant | Ensign |
Togolese Navy[19] | | | | | | | | | | |
Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Tunisian National Navy[20] | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق أول بالبحرية Fariq 'awal bialbahria | فريق بالبحرية Fariq bialbahria | أمير لواء بالبحرية 'amir liwa' bialbahria | عميد بالبحرية Amid bialbahria | عقيد بالبحرية Aqid bialbahria | مقدم بالبحرية Muqaddam bialbahria | رائد بالبحرية Ra'id bialbahria | نقيب بالبحرية Naqib bialbahria | ملازم أول بالبحرية Mulazim 'awal bialbahria | ملازم بالبحرية Mulazim bialbahria |
Amiral | Vice-amiral | Contre-amiral | Capitaine de vaisseau major | Capitaine de vaisseau | Capitaine de frégate | Capitaine de corvette | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe | Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe |
Uganda | No navy |
Zambia | No navy |
Zimbabwe | No navy |
Rank group | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers |