- Global Firepower has released its Military Strength Ranking for 2020.
- Countries all over the world are ranked yearly by using over 50 factors and categories ranging from the workforce, airpower to logistical capability, and geography.
- Below are the seven African countries with the most powerful militaries.
These are the 7 most powerful and 5 weakest militaries in Africa right now
Every year, the Global Firepower list ranks countries all over the world based on the strength of their military.
The countries are given a Power Index ('PwrIndx') score based on the workforce, airpower, land forces, naval forces, natural resources, financials, logistical capability, and geography.
The smaller the PwrIndx score, the stronger a nation's technical fighting capability is. The perfect score is 0.0000, which, according to Global Firepower, is "realistically unattainable."
Here are the seven African countries with the most powerful militaries:
- Egypt
Power index - 0.1872
Total Population - 99,413,317
Total Military Personnel - 920,000 (est.) (0.9%)
Egypt was also ranked as the most powerful military in Africa in 2019.
- Algeria
Power index - 0.4659
Total Population - 41,657,488
Total Military Personnel - 280,000 (est.) (0.7%)
- South Africa
Power index - 0.4985
Total Population - 55,380,210
Total Military Personnel - 81,300 (est.) (0.1%)
- Nigeria
Power index - 0.6485
Total Population - 203,452,505
Total Military Personnel - 120,000 (est.) (0.1%)
- Angola
Power index - 0.8379
Total Population - 30,355,880
Total Military Personnel - 107,000 (est.) (0.4%)
- Morocco
Power index - 0.8408
Total Population - 34,314,130
Total Military Personnel - 510,000 (est.) (1.5%)
- Ethiopia
Power index - 0.8581
Total Population - 108,386,391
Total Military Personnel - 162,000 (est.) (0.1%)
Weakest militaries in Africa
On the lower end of the list we have these five:
- Liberia
Power index - 5.5737
Total Population - 4,809,768
Total Military Personnel - 2,100 (est.) (0.0%)
- Somalia
Power index - 4.6404
Total Population - 11,259,029
Total Military Personnel - 20,000 (est.) (0.2%)
- Sierra Leone
Power index - 4.2063
Total Population - 6,312,212
Total Military Personnel - 8,500 (est.) (0.1%)
- Gabon
Power index - 3.3736
Total Population - 2,119,036
Total Military Personnel - 5,000 (est.) (0.2%)
- Central Africa Republic
Power index - 3.2889
Total Population - 5,745,062
Total Military Personnel - 7,150 (est.) (0.1%)
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