Which country has the highest Global FirePower Index?

Bhutan has the highest Global FirePower Index in 2026, at 5.799, followed by Belize (4.36) and Central African Republic (4.238).

Which country has the lowest Global FirePower Index?

United States has the lowest Global FirePower Index in 2026, at 0.074.

What is the median Global FirePower Index across countries?

The median is 1.496 across the 144 countries with data in 2026.

Where does the Military Strength Index by Country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Country Index - Global Firepower.

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Bhutan has the highest Global FirePower Index in 2026 (5.799), followed by Belize (4.36) and Central African Republic (4.238). United States has the lowest (0.074).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

1.496

Middle half 0.649 – 2.391

Average

1.628

144 countries

Highest

5.799

Bhutan

Lowest

0.074

United States

Over time · 2024–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

Median of all countries
Bhutan
Belize
Central African Republic
Suriname
Liberia

Data

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144 countries · # = rank by Global FirePower Index

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1	Bhutan	5.799	10.8	—	33.2	—	73.3
2	Belize	4.36	37.0	—	18.8	18.8	74.5
3	Central African Republic	4.238	18.1	—	39.5	—	77.3
4	Suriname	4.054	11.0	5.0	35.2	19.2	76.0
5	Liberia	3.928	—	—	31.3	17.1	73.8
6	Sierra Leone	3.92	10.5	—	26.7	18.0	79.0
7	Benin	3.896	37.9	11.6	22.7	16.2	69.0
8	Somalia	3.739	11.6	4.2	53.2	19.7	80.8
9	Moldova	3.623	22.8	50.4	39.2	—	83.5
10	Panama	3.501	43.9	6.0	48.3	19.3	66.8
11	Iceland	3.401	—	—	—	—	76.8
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.129	13.5	52.6	36.2	—	85.5
13	Gabon	3.043	37.4	28.4	41.7	16.8	72.8
14	Madagascar	3.038	23.4	22.2	47.5	17.1	77.5
15	Botswana	2.999	39.9	60.2	17.3	—	87.3
16	El Salvador	2.997	43.6	21.6	57.7	18.0	80.8
17	Montenegro	2.978	12.6	29.2	40.0	19.2	75.8
18	Burkina Faso	2.921	67.1	27.8	30.0	—	89.3
19	Senegal	2.893	55.5	23.2	33.0	16.7	71.5
20	Laos	2.867	27.3	86.8	88.8	23.4	70.5
21	Nepal	2.804	25.6	15.2	74.5	—	88.3
22	Mauritania	2.792	52.6	37.6	80.7	17.1	78.0
23	Namibia	2.741	50.4	48.8	50.5	33.2	75.0
24	Afghanistan	2.734	23.1	9.8	53.3	—	88.0
25	Niger	2.687	66.6	6.0	40.2	—	78.8
26	Eritrea	2.684	49.6	72.2	82.0	19.9	76.0
27	Lebanon	2.652	34.6	88.0	86.7	23.1	84.5
28	Republic of the Congo	2.626	47.8	60.2	32.5	7.3	78.3
29	Nicaragua	2.589	25.6	74.0	61.0	20.4	89.8
30	Dominican Republic	2.585	61.0	23.6	94.7	20.2	82.5
31	North Macedonia	2.496	26.4	40.8	58.0	—	82.5
32	South Sudan	2.465	39.4	54.6	55.2	—	70.3
33	Ghana	2.457	39.5	33.4	40.3	19.9	74.5
34	Zambia	2.446	32.1	65.2	39.3	—	69.5
35	Luxembourg	2.443	16.1	2.0	3.3	—	59.8
36	Kyrgyzstan	2.397	24.6	82.8	43.0	—	87.5
37	Ivory Coast	2.388	53.9	29.0	51.0	17.4	69.3
38	Uganda	2.353	53.8	78.4	51.2	—	83.5
39	Estonia	2.32	16.4	41.4	69.7	31.6	78.3
40	Zimbabwe	2.28	69.1	17.6	50.5	—	81.8
41	Mali	2.26	80.0	40.0	47.5	—	82.3
42	Honduras	2.258	66.3	34.0	77.0	26.3	85.5
43	Latvia	2.232	11.0	28.2	69.0	33.4	63.3
44	Armenia	2.202	70.0	83.2	76.5	—	88.5
45	Tajikistan	2.175	40.1	66.8	74.2	—	82.8
46	Cameroon	2.169	42.5	49.0	59.5	19.7	80.8
47	Yemen	2.162	64.4	53.2	69.0	33.6	72.0
48	Uruguay	2.154	71.6	71.2	58.5	32.1	86.3
49	Guatemala	2.128	55.4	25.4	95.7	20.2	89.0
50	Georgia	2.078	58.1	84.2	60.5	35.0	80.0
51	Ireland	2.066	40.3	8.4	36.3	17.6	72.0
52	Mongolia	1.999	23.6	86.6	70.0	—	89.8
53	Mozambique	1.977	61.6	53.2	50.2	22.2	78.8
54	Slovenia	1.94	27.9	50.4	60.5	16.4	72.5
55	New Zealand	1.926	44.1	20.8	57.5	31.3	82.5
56	Tanzania	1.911	38.9	73.2	56.2	18.1	83.5
57	Lithuania	1.895	24.1	40.2	71.5	32.1	87.8
58	Syria	1.886	72.4	58.6	81.5	17.9	69.8
59	Oman	1.882	73.8	72.2	78.8	33.1	95.3
60	Chad	1.859	68.5	65.6	44.5	—	83.5
61	Kenya	1.859	77.6	63.8	71.2	20.2	86.8
62	Cambodia	1.843	27.1	103.6	73.0	19.9	92.8
63	Bolivia	1.83	46.1	28.6	68.2	23.9	72.3
64	Paraguay	1.797	56.6	46.2	84.8	24.7	80.3
65	Libya	1.787	67.6	66.4	71.8	30.7	109.8
66	Tunisia	1.782	64.1	51.6	80.0	50.2	89.5
67	Turkmenistan	1.746	71.8	110.0	62.3	19.0	101.0
68	Albania	1.726	26.3	46.4	40.8	21.8	88.5
69	Kuwait	1.716	79.6	74.0	86.3	27.4	99.5
70	Bahrain	1.673	63.6	73.4	77.5	52.4	73.3
71	Jordan	1.558	100.3	112.8	104.7	21.0	95.8
72	Croatia	1.543	30.3	71.6	59.2	33.8	75.8
73	Ecuador	1.448	49.8	77.2	85.2	62.6	86.5
74	Qatar	1.41	83.3	70.4	65.3	42.3	99.0
75	Belarus	1.407	82.6	106.4	78.2	—	85.0
76	Slovakia	1.391	54.5	69.8	26.0	—	85.0
77	Sri Lanka	1.376	73.0	67.0	96.2	45.6	79.8
77	Austria	1.376	44.8	41.8	56.0	—	87.0
79	Sudan	1.356	82.0	117.6	109.8	18.0	62.0
80	Cuba	1.335	39.0	101.8	93.0	61.2	90.5
81	DR Congo	1.305	58.3	87.0	94.2	19.0	84.0
82	Serbia	1.294	72.3	93.4	57.7	34.8	96.8
83	Bulgaria	1.252	67.3	82.4	61.3	55.1	99.8
84	Belgium	1.22	57.5	9.2	51.0	45.8	92.0
85	Azerbaijan	1.199	77.5	122.2	104.8	49.4	98.5
86	Angola	1.105	98.9	91.4	77.2	21.6	100.8
87	Kazakhstan	1.043	79.5	110.2	99.7	34.9	102.3
88	Hungary	1.043	57.5	74.8	65.8	—	93.8
89	Morocco	1.037	100.5	120.6	118.0	55.3	104.0
90	Czechia	1.031	86.5	59.0	37.7	—	101.0
91	United Arab Emirates	1.019	127.0	97.2	89.3	53.3	105.5
92	Uzbekistan	0.991	80.3	106.2	80.8	—	102.3
93	Romania	0.956	63.8	93.6	92.2	52.8	101.0
94	Venezuela	0.911	99.3	95.2	107.0	50.3	87.0
95	Peru	0.883	99.0	94.8	111.3	66.3	98.3
96	Chile	0.87	88.6	92.4	99.0	55.2	92.3
97	Finland	0.867	62.4	105.8	98.2	39.3	86.3
98	Ethiopia	0.853	58.3	104.6	94.8	85.8	—
99	Switzerland	0.837	63.0	52.2	71.0	100.5	—
100	Denmark	0.82	73.9	54.8	79.3	50.2	99.3
101	Iraq	0.812	103.4	127.4	87.7	38.4	111.5
102	Colombia	0.755	107.1	52.0	130.8	74.3	102.8
103	Malaysia	0.738	92.8	70.2	107.5	83.7	112.8
104	Philippines	0.699	84.3	69.0	126.0	55.0	101.8
105	South Africa	0.684	62.8	108.2	94.2	66.8	93.8
106	Norway	0.668	63.3	46.8	74.3	80.2	96.3
107	Portugal	0.666	92.5	59.2	76.3	70.3	92.0
108	Bangladesh	0.652	66.6	103.0	100.7	84.7	90.5
109	Mexico	0.64	87.6	41.4	123.8	57.8	101.0
110	Myanmar	0.627	100.3	123.4	112.0	88.2	95.3
111	Netherlands	0.614	65.3	56.8	87.8	71.0	95.8
112	Nigeria	0.61	93.5	97.8	99.7	57.0	95.3
113	Argentina	0.598	98.8	97.0	99.5	65.0	82.0
114	North Korea	0.593	93.5	135.2	136.2	105.3	98.3
115	Greece	0.548	92.3	127.2	118.7	71.9	85.8
116	Singapore	0.527	101.4	88.8	105.2	84.0	103.0
117	Canada	0.527	91.9	35.6	91.3	51.8	101.8
118	Algeria	0.485	130.0	121.8	114.5	85.4	124.3
119	Sweden	0.483	81.8	55.8	79.7	74.6	96.0
120	Saudi Arabia	0.447	133.0	123.2	94.8	63.9	111.5
121	Thailand	0.446	107.6	110.2	123.3	90.9	108.3
122	Vietnam	0.407	68.4	127.2	135.8	84.2	109.3
123	Taiwan	0.393	96.6	126.0	125.8	99.8	109.8
124	Poland	0.389	104.9	102.8	113.2	78.9	107.5
125	Ukraine	0.369	104.1	127.8	127.3	43.9	104.5
126	Egypt	0.365	117.1	134.6	132.5	103.2	93.8
127	Spain	0.325	106.3	85.8	104.7	89.1	100.0
128	Australia	0.321	120.3	60.0	76.8	96.3	97.5
129	Iran	0.32	124.0	135.8	127.3	82.7	120.0
130	Israel	0.271	126.8	120.2	123.5	51.8	108.8
131	Pakistan	0.263	135.5	136.0	135.5	85.9	94.8
132	Indonesia	0.258	122.5	111.0	128.8	91.7	103.5
133	Germany	0.246	131.0	87.0	93.2	84.9	105.5
134	Brazil	0.237	93.1	109.6	135.2	96.6	109.3
135	Italy	0.221	126.6	98.8	110.0	102.0	103.3
136	Turkey	0.198	119.9	132.4	132.3	103.7	110.0
137	United Kingdom	0.188	129.1	98.6	89.8	99.9	102.3
138	Japan	0.188	136.9	118.6	118.7	101.0	107.5
139	France	0.18	119.9	86.6	118.7	117.4	103.8
140	South Korea	0.164	136.4	138.2	134.5	121.7	108.0
141	India	0.135	139.4	132.8	141.3	109.0	115.0
142	China	0.092	141.4	141.8	140.3	142.8	114.0
143	Russia	0.079	142.8	143.0	139.2	124.0	114.8
144	United States	0.074	144.0	141.4	116.5	110.0	107.8

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Pearson r against 1,547 other country metrics sharing at least 87 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Global FirePower Index?: Bhutan has the highest Global FirePower Index in 2026, at 5.799, followed by Belize (4.36) and Central African Republic (4.238).
Which country has the lowest Global FirePower Index?: United States has the lowest Global FirePower Index in 2026, at 0.074.
What is the median Global FirePower Index across countries?: The median is 1.496 across the 144 countries with data in 2026.
Where does the Military Strength Index by Country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Country Index - Global Firepower.

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