Comparative navy officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.

Officers

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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 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
Aeḍmirāl
ভাইস এ্যাডমিরাল
Bhā'is aeḍamirāl
রিয়ার এ্যাডমিরাল
Riẏār aeḍamirāl
কমোডোর
Kômōḍōr
ক্যাপ্টেন
Kaepṭēn
কমান্ডার
Kômānḍār
লেফটেন্যান্ট কমান্ডার
Lēphṭēnānṭ kômānḍār
লেফটেন্যান্ট
Lēphṭēnānṭ
সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট
Sāb-lēphṭēnānṭ
এ্যাক্টিং সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট
Ēyākṭiṁ sāb-lēphṭēn'yānṭ
মিডশিপম্যান
Miḍśipmaen
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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
Laos Lao People's Navy[17]
ພົນເອກ
Phonoek
ພົນໂທ
Phonoth
ພົນຕີ
Phon ti
ພົນຈັດຕະວາ
Phonchadtauaa
ພັນເອກ
Phanoek
ພັນໂທ
Phanoth
ພັນຕີ
Phan ti
ຮ້ອຍເອກ
Honyoek
ຮ້ອຍໂທ
Hony oth
ຮ້ອຍຕີ
Hony ti
 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
 Maldivian Coast Guard[20]
ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް
Brigeydiar jeneral
ކާނަލް
Kaanal
ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް
Leftinant kaanal
މޭޖަރ
Meyjar
ކެޕްޓަން
Keptan
ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް
Fast leftinant
ލެފްޓިނަންޓް
Leftinant
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
Nepal Nepal No navy


 Royal Navy of Oman[21]
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[22]
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[23]
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[24]
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
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 Royal Saudi Navy[25]
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[26]
No insignia yet
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(junior grade)
Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Sri Lanka Navy[27]
Admiral of the fleet Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Midshipman
 Syrian Arab Navy[28]
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[29]
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
 East Timor Navy[30]
Capitão de Mar e Guerra Capitão de Fragata Capitão-tenente Primeiro-tenente Segundo-tenente Guarda-marinha
 Turkmen Naval Forces[31]
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[32]
I rang kapitani II rang kapitani III rang kapitani Kapitan-leytenant Katta leytenant Leytenant
 Vietnam People's Navy[33]
Đô đốc Phó đô đốc Chuẩn đô đốc Đại tá Thượng tá Trung tá Thiếu tá Đại úy Thượng úy Trung úy Thiếu úy
 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

See also

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Notes

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References

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