50 Most Powerful Military Nations

List the 50 most powerful military nations in the world based on Global Fire Power's Military Power Index
Lower score = stronger military
As of 2024
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Power Index
Country
0.0699
United States
0.0702
Russia
0.0706
China
0.1023
India
0.1416
South Korea
0.1443
United Kingdom
0.1601
Japan
0.1697
Turkey
0.1711
Pakistan
0.1863
Italy
0.1878
France
0.1944
Brazil
0.2251
Indonesia
0.2269
Iran
0.2283
Egypt
0.2515
Australia
0.2596
Israel
0.2598
Ukraine
0.2847
Germany
0.2882
Spain
0.2917
Poland
0.3158
Vietnam
0.3235
Saudi Arabia
0.3302
Taiwan
0.3389
Thailand
0.3589
Algeria
0.3813
Canada
0.3823
Argentina
0.4089
Sweden
0.4087
Singapore
0.4274
Mexico
0.4349
Greece
0.4632
South Africa
0.4691
Philippines
0.5251
Myanmar
0.5313
North Korea
0.5419
Bangladesh
0.5609
Portugal
0.5619
Nigeria
0.5644
Netherlands
0.5664
Norway
0.5992
Malaysia
0.6097
Switzerland
0.7347
Colombia
0.7441
Iraq
0.7706
Czech Republic
0.7712
Romania
0.7743
Denmark
0.7938
Ethiopia
0.7967
Finland
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16 Comments
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Level 69
May 20, 2018
Last time I checked, Poland was ahead of Germany and Australia.
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Level 62
May 20, 2018
Check out my source: https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp
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Level 65
Sep 22, 2019
Costa Rica should definitely be here.
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Level 62
Sep 23, 2019
according to: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/power-rankings costa rica is #72

according to: https://militarywatchmagazine.com/forceapp/countries costa rica does not rank

according to: https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp costa rica also does not rank

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/05/costa-rica-celebrate-70-years-no-army/977107001/ and oh yeah, I forgot-Costa Rica hasn't had a standing military since 1948

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Level 54
Apr 21, 2022
Bro it's sarcasm
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Level 69
May 7, 2022
You are joking, right? Costa Rica and Panama don't have militarizes...
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Level 53
Mar 9, 2023
Great quiz! I think there may be a little too much time for this type of quiz, but other than that I really enjoyed it!
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Level 75
Mar 9, 2023
I think that Russia is not so high actually ;)
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Level 50
Apr 15, 2023
it is
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Level 56
Mar 9, 2023
Good quiz but you should probably put the source in the quiz description
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Level 62
Mar 11, 2023
Thanks- this is one of the first quizzes I ever made so I just made some drastic updates.
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Level 66
Feb 15, 2024
You should add more time
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Level 62
Feb 22, 2024
The problem is, as it stands, some people can type all 196 countries in 3.5 minutes. I have to balance giving appropriate time with making the quiz more an intellectual challenge than a typing one.
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Level 58
Oct 4, 2024
No Finland? That is surprising.
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Level 62
Nov 20, 2024
I just updated it with 2024s data
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Level 89
Aug 22, 2025
Interesting --I imagine its based on equipment, men, etc not performance. Russia is overrated if we look at performance. But even based on firepower alone, I have a hard time believing Denmark is ahead of Finland......