Comparative navy officer ranks of Asia

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Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.

Officers[edit]

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan No navy


Armenia Armenia No navy


 Azerbaijani Navy[1]
Admiral Vitse-admiral Kontr-admiral Birinci dərəcəli kapitan Ikinci dərəcəli kapitan Üçüncü dərəcəli kapitan Kapitan-leytenant Baş leytenant Leytenant Kiçik leytenant


 Royal Bahrain Naval Force
مشیر
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


 Bangladesh Navy[2]
এ্যাডমিরাল
Ēyāḍamirāla 		ভাইস এ্যাডমিরাল
Bhā'isa ēyāḍamirāla 		রিয়ার এ্যাডমিরাল
Riẏāra ēyāḍamirāla 		কমোডোর
Kamōḍōra 		ক্যাপ্টেন
Kyāpṭēna 		কমান্ডার
Kamānḍāra 		লেফটেন্যান্ট কমান্ডার
Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa kamānḍāra 		লেফটেন্যান্ট
Lēphaṭēn'yānṭa 		সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট
Sāba-lēphaṭēn'yānṭa 		এ্যাক্টিং সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট
Ēyākṭiṁ sāba-lēphaṭēn'yānṭa 		মিডশিপম্যান
Miḍaśipamyāna
Bhutan Bhutan No navy


 Royal Brunei Navy[3]
Laksamana armada Laksamana Laksamana madya Laksamana muda Laksamana pertama Kepten Komander Leftenan komander Leftenan Leftenan madya Leftenan muda
 Royal Cambodian Navy
 Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Ensign
នាយឧត្តមនាវី
Néay Ŭtdâmnéavi 		ឧត្តមនាវីឯក
Ŭtdâmnéavi Êk 		ឧត្តមនាវីទោ
Ŭtdâmnéavi Toŭ 		ឧត្តមនាវីត្រី
Ŭtdâmnéavi Trei 		វរនាវីឯក
Vôrnéavi Êk 		វរនាវីទោ
Vôrnéavi Toŭ 		វរនាវីត្រី
Vôrnéavi Trei 		អនុនាវីឯក
Ânŭnéavi Êk 		អនុនាវីទោ
Ânŭnéavi Toŭ 		អនុនាវីត្រី
Ânŭnéavi Trei 		នាយចំណង់
Néay Châmnáng


 PLA Navy[4]
海军上将
Hǎijūn shàngjiàng 		海军中将
Hǎijūn zhōngjiàng 		海军少将
Hǎijūn shàojiàng 		海军大校
Hǎijūn dàxiào 		海军上校
Hǎijūn shàngxiào 		海军中校
Hǎijūn zhōngxiào 		海军少校
Hǎijūn shàoxiào 		海军上尉
Hǎijūn shàngwèi 		海军中尉
Hǎijūn zhōngwèi 		海军少尉
Hǎijūn shàowèi 		海军学员
Hǎijūn xuéyuán


 Republic of China Navy[5]
一級上將
It-kip siōng-chiòng 		二級上將
Jī-kip siōng-chiòng 		中將
Tiong-chiòng 		少將
Siáu-chiòng 		上校
Siōng-hāu 		中校
Tiong-hāu 		少校
Siáu-hāu 		上尉
Siōng-ùi 		中尉
Tiong-ùi 		少尉
Siáu-ùi 		軍校生
Jūnxiào shēng


 Republic of China Marine Corps[5]
二級上將
Jī-kip siōng-chiòng 		中將
Tiong-chiòng 		少將
Siáu-chiòng 		上校
Siōng-hāu 		中校
Tiong-hāu 		少校
Siáu-hāu 		上尉
Siōng-ùi 		中尉
Tiong-ùi 		少尉
Siáu-ùi 		軍校生
Jūnxiào shēng


 Indian Navy[6]
Admiral
एडमिरल 		Vice admiral
वाइस एडमिरल 		Rear admiral
रियर एडमिरल 		Commodore
कमोडोर 		Captain
कैप्टन 		Commander
कमांडर 		Lieutenant commander
लेफ़्टिनेंट कमांडर 		Lieutenant
लेफ्टिनेंट 		Sub-lieutenant
सब लेफ्टिनेंट 		Midshipman
मिडशिपमैन
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Indonesian Navy[7]
Laksamana besar Laksamana Laksamana madya Laksamana muda Laksamana pertama Kolonel Letnan kolonel Mayor Kapten Letnan satu Letnan dua


 Iranian Navy[8]
دریابد
Daryabod 		دریاسالار
Daryasalar 		دریابان
Daryaban 		دریادار
Daryadar 		دریادار دوم
Daryadar dovom 		ناخدا یکم
Nakhoda yekom 		ناخدا دوم
Nakhoda dovom 		ناخدا سوم
Nakhoda sevom 		ناوسروان
Navsarvan 		ناوبان یکم
Navban yekom 		ناوبان دوم
Navban dovom 		ناوبان سوم
Navban sevom
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Flotilla admiral Second flotilla admiral Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Ensign Ensign Junior Grade
 Iraqi Navy[9]
مشیر
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
 Israeli Navy[10]
רב-אלוף
Rav aluf 		אלוף
Aluf 		תת-אלוף
Tat aluf 		אלוף משנה
Aluf mishne 		סגן-אלוף
Sgan aluf 		רב סרן
Rav seren 		סרן
Seren 		סגן
Segen 		סגן-משנה
Segen mishne 		קצין אקדמאי בכיר
Katzín akademai bakhír 		קצין מקצועי אקדמאי
Katzín miktsoí akademai


 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[11]
幕僚長たる海将
Bakuryōchō-taru-kaishō 		海将
Kaishō 		海将補
Kaishō-ho 		1等海佐
Ittō kaisa 		2等海佐
Nitō kaisa 		3等海佐
Santō kaisa 		1等海尉
Ittō kaii 		2等海尉
Nitō kaii 		3等海尉
Santō kaii 		准海尉
Jun kaii


 Royal Jordanian Navy[12]
مشیر
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 		تلميذ مرشح
Tilmidh murashah


 Kazakh Naval Forces[13]
Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының
Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ 		Адмирал
Admïral 		Вице-адмирал
Vice-admïral 		Контр-адмирал
Kontr-admïral 		Бірінші дәрежелі капитан
Birinşi därejeli kapïtan 		Екінші дәрежелі капитан
Ekinşi därejeli kapïtan 		Үшінші дәрежелі капитан
Üşinşi därejeli kapïtan 		Капитан-лейтенант
Kapïtan-leytenant 		Аға лейтенант
Ağa leytenant 		Лейтенант
Leytenant
 Korean People's Navy[14]
인민군원수
Inmingun-wonsu 		차수
Chasu 		대장
Daejang 		상장
Sangjang 		중장
Chungjang 		소장
Sojang 		대좌
Daechwa 		상좌
Sangjwa 		중좌
Chungjwa 		소좌
Sojwa 		대위
Taewi 		상위
Sangwi 		중위
Chungwi 		소위
Sowi
 Republic of Korea Navy[15]










원수
Wonsu 		대장
Daejang 		중장
Jungjang 		소장
Sojang 		준장
Junjang 		대령
Daeryeong 		중령
Jungnyeong 		소령
Soryeong 		대위
Daewi 		중위
Jungwi 		소위
Sowi
 Republic of Korea Marine Corps[16]
 Superior General Middle General Junior General Lesser General Superior Commander Middle Commander Junior Commander Superior Lieutenant Middle Lieutenant Junior Lieutenant
대장
Daejang 		중장
Jungjang 		소장
Sojang 		준장
Junjang 		대령
Daeryeong 		중령
Jungnyeong 		소령
Soryeong 		대위
Daewi 		중위
Jungwi 		소위
Sowi
 Kuwait 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


Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan No navy


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Laos Lao People's Navy[17]
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


 Lebanese Navy[18]
عماد
Eimad 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
 Royal Malaysian Navy[19]
Laksamana armada Laksamana Laksamana madya Laksamana muda Laksamana pertama Kepten Komander Leftenan komander Leftenan Leftenan madya Leftenan muda Pegawai kadet kanan Pegawai kadet


Maldivian Coast Guard
ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް
Brigeydiar jeneral 		ކާނަލް
Kaanal 		ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް
Leftinant kaanal 		މޭޖަރ
Meyjar 		ކެޕްޓަން
Keptan 		ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް
Fast leftinant 		ލެފްޓިނަންޓް
Leftinant 		Officer Cadet


Mongolia Mongolia No navy


 Myanmar Navy
 General
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး
bogyok hmūgyī 		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး
dụtịyạ bogyok hmūgyī 		ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး
bogyok kyī 		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး
dụtịyạ bogyok kyī 		ဗိုလ်ချုပ်
bogyok 		ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ်
bohmūgyok 		ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး
bohmūgyī 		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး
dụtịyạ bohmūgyī 		ဗိုလ်မှူး
bohmū 		ဗိုလ်ကြီး
bogyī 		ဗိုလ်
bo 		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်
dụtịyạ bo 		ဗိုလ်လောင်း
bolāung


Nepal Nepal No navy


 Royal Navy of Oman[20]
مشیر
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
 Pakistan Navy[21]
Admiral
ایڈمرل 		Vice admiral
وائس ایڈمرل 		Rear admiral
بحریہ کا امیر 		Commodore
کموڈور 		Captain
کپتان 		Commander
کمانڈر 		Lieutenant commander
لیفٹیننٹ کمانڈر 		Lieutenant
لیفٹیننٹ 		Sub-lieutenant
سب لیفٹیننٹ 		Midshipman
مڈ شپ مین


 Philippine Navy
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) Ensign


 Qatari Emiri 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


 Russian Navy[22]
Адмирал флота
Admiral flota 		Адмирал
Admiral 		Вице-адмирал
Vitse-admiral 		Контр-адмирал
Contre-admiral 		Капитан 1-го ранга
Kapitan 1-go ranga 		Капитан 2-го ранга
Kapitan 2-go ranga 		Капитан 3-го ранга
Kapitan 3-go ranga 		Капитан-лейтенант
Kapitan-leytenant 		Старший лейтенант
Starshey leytenant 		Лейтенант
Leytenant 		Младший лейтенант
Mladshiy leytenant 		Курсант
Kursant


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Royal Saudi Navy[23]
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


 Republic of Singapore Navy[24]
 No insignia yet
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(junior grade) 		Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Midshipman


 Sri Lanka Navy[25]
Admiral of the fleet Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Acting Sub-lieutenant Midshipman


 Syrian Arab Navy[26]
فريق
Fariq 		عماد أول‎‎
Eimad 'awal 		عماد
Eimad 		لواء
Alliwa' 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim


Tajikistan Tajikistan No navy


 Royal Thai Navy[27]
 Admiral of the Fleet Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Sub Lieutenant
จอมพลเรือ
Chom phon ruea 		พลเรือเอก
Phon ruea ek 		พลเรือโท
Phon ruea tho 		พลเรือตรี
Phon ruea tri 		นาวาเอก
Nawa ek 		นาวาโท
Nawa tho 		นาวาตรี
Nawa tri 		เรือเอก
Ruea ek 		เรือโท
Ruea tho 		เรือตรี
Ruea tri 		นักเรียนนายเรือ
Nak-rian nairuea


 East Timor Navy[28]
Capitão de Mar e Guerra Capitão de Fragata Capitão-tenente Primeiro-tenente Segundo-tenente Guarda-marinha Aspirante


 Turkmen Naval Forces[29]
Flot admiraly Admiral Wise-admiral Kontr-admiral 1-nji derejeli kapitan 2-nji derejeli kapitan 3-nji derejeli kapitan Kapitan-leýtenant Uly leýtenant Leýtenant Kiçi leýtenant


 United Arab Emirates 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


 Uzbek River Force[30]
I rang kapitani II rang kapitani III rang kapitani Kapitan-leytenant Katta leytenant Leytenant


 Vietnam People's Navy[31]
Đô đốc Phó đô đốc Chuẩn đô đốc Đại tá Thượng tá Trung tá Thiếu tá Đại úy Thượng úy Trung úy Thiếu úy Học viên Sĩ quan


 Yemeni Navy
عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم ثان
Mulazim than


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Warrant Officers[edit]

Equivalent
NATO rank 		WO-5 WO-4 WO-3 WO-2 WO-1


 Bangladesh Navy
Honorary lieutenant Honorary sub-lieutenant Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer


 Republic of China Marine Corps
Warrant Officer
(纯尉
Chunwèi)


 Republic of Korea Navy
Jun-wi
준위
Warrant Officer


 Republic of Korea Marine Corps
Jun-wi
준위
Warrant Officer


Maldivian Coast Guard
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Grade 4 Warrant Officer Grade 3 Warrant Officer Grade 2 Warrant Officer Grade 1


 Pakistan Navy
Master Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer


 Republic of Singapore Navy
Chief warrant officer Senior warrant officer Master warrant officer First warrant officer Second warrant officer Third warrant officer


 Vietnam People's Navy
Thượng tá Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Trung tá Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Thiếu tá Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Đại úy Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Thượng úy Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Trung úy Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp Thiếu úy Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp
Equivalent
NATO rank 		WO-5 WO-4 WO-3 WO-2 WO-1

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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