GlobalFirepower.com, a statistics-based website tracking defence-related information of 145 countries, has issued the latest list of the top 10 armies in the world.
According to the Global Firepower 2023 Military Strength Ranking, the US Army is No.1 with Power Index 0.0712, Russian Army is No.2 with Power Index 0.0714, People’s Liberation Army of China is No.3 with Power Index 0.0722, Indian Army is No.4 with Power Index 0.1025, British Army is No.5 with Power Index 0.1435, South Korean Army is No.6 with Power Index 0.1505, Pakistan Army is No.7 with Power Index 0.1694, Japanese Army is No.8 with Power Index 0.1711, French Army is No.9 with Power Index 0.1848 and Italian Army is No.10 with Power Index 0.1973. Bhutan is the last country on this list in terms of its military power.
The Global Firepower (GFP) says it uses more than 60 unique individual factors to determine a given nation’s PowerIndex score with categories ranging from quantity of military units and financial standing to logistical capabilities and geography.
According to GFP, “Our unique, in-house formula allows for smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed powers and special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the list which is compiled annually.”
For the 2023 GFP review, a total of 145 world military powers were considered. Here’s the list of top 10 armies in the world.
The Global Firepower 2023 Military Strength Ranking has been issued at a time when Pakistan is facing an acute economic crisis and the risk of a default on foreign loan payments is looming large. The country is witnessing the worst kind of inflation and was recently ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of the highest inflation rate. The stalled IMF loan programme has added to Pakistan’s economic woes despite the fact that China has come forward to help the South Asian nation due to its huge investment in the region.