2020 Global Fire Power
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
The Global Fire Power (GFP) ranking is based on each nation's potential war-making capability across land, sea, and air fought by conventional means. The results incorporate values related to manpower, equipment, natural resources, finances, and geography represented by 50+ individual factors used in formulating the finalized GFP ranks - which provide an interesting glimpse into an increasingly volatile global landscape where war seems all but an inevitability.
| # | Country | Power Index | Position |
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| 1 | United States | 0.0606 |
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| 2 | Russia | 0.0681 |
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| 3 | China | 0.0691 |
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| 4 | India | 0.0953 |
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| 5 | Japan | 0.1501 |
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| 6 | South Korea | 0.1509 |
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| 7 | France | 0.1702 |
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| 8 | United Kingdom | 0.1717 |
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| 9 | Egypt | 0.1872 |
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| 10 | Brazil | 0.1988 |
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| 11 | Turkey | 0.2098 |
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| 12 | Italy | 0.2111 |
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| 13 | Germany | 0.2186 |
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| 14 | Iran | 0.2191 |
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| 15 | Pakistan | 0.2364 |
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| 16 | Indonesia | 0.2544 |
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| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3034 |
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| 18 | Israel | 0.3111 |
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| 19 | Australia | 0.3225 |
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| 20 | Spain | 0.3388 |
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| 21 | Poland | 0.3397 |
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| 22 | Vietnam | 0.3559 |
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| 23 | Thailand | 0.3571 |
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| 24 | Canada | 0.3712 |
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| 25 | North Korea | 0.3718 |
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| 26 | Taiwan | 0.4008 |
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| 27 | Ukraine | 0.4457 |
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| 28 | Algeria | 0.4659 |
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| 29 | South Africa | 0.4985 |
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| 30 | Switzerland | 0.5259 |
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| 31 | Norway | 0.5277 |
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| 32 | Sweden | 0.5304 |
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| 33 | Greece | 0.5311 |
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| 34 | Czechia | 0.5531 |
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| 35 | Myanmar | 0.5691 |
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| 36 | Netherlands | 0.5919 |
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| 37 | Colombia | 0.6045 |
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| 38 | Mexico | 0.6065 |
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| 39 | Romania | 0.6177 |
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| 40 | Peru | 0.6219 |
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| 41 | Venezuela | 0.6449 |
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| 42 | Nigeria | 0.6485 |
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| 43 | Argentina | 0.6521 |
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| 44 | Malaysia | 0.6546 |
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| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7034 |
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| 46 | Bangladesh | 0.7066 |
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| 47 | Chile | 0.7668 |
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| 48 | Philippines | 0.7852 |
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| 49 | Denmark | 0.7878 |
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| 50 | Iraq | 0.7911 |
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| 51 | Singapore | 0.7966 |
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| 52 | Uzbekistan | 0.8086 |
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| 53 | Belarus | 0.8179 |
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| 54 | Hungary | 0.8215 |
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| 55 | Syria | 0.8241 |
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| 56 | Angola | 0.8379 |
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| 57 | Morocco | 0.8408 |
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| 58 | Slovakia | 0.8466 |
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| 59 | Finland | 0.8498 |
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| 60 | Ethiopia | 0.8581 |
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| 61 | Portugal | 0.8612 |
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| 62 | Bulgaria | 0.8916 |
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| 63 | Kazakhstan | 0.9098 |
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| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.9463 |
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| 65 | Serbia | 0.9479 |
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| 66 | Austria | 0.9568 |
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| 67 | Bolivia | 0.9942 |
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| 68 | Ecuador | 1.0062 |
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| 69 | Croatia | 1.0183 |
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| 70 | Belgium | 1.0499 |
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| 71 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.1389 |
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| 72 | Jordan | 1.1441 |
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| 73 | Cuba | 1.2208 |
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| 74 | Yemen | 1.2412 |
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| 75 | Oman | 1.2514 |
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| 76 | Sudan | 1.3017 |
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| 77 | Turkmenistan | 1.3292 |
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| 78 | Afghanistan | 1.3444 |
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| 79 | New Zealand | 1.3684 |
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| 80 | Libya | 1.3696 |
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| 81 | Tunisia | 1.4619 |
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| 82 | Sri Lanka | 1.4661 |
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| 83 | Lithuania | 1.4752 |
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| 84 | Kenya | 1.5287 |
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| 85 | Kuwait | 1.5701 |
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| 86 | Uganda | 1.6176 |
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| 87 | Chad | 1.6383 |
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| 88 | Zambia | 1.6464 |
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| 89 | Georgia | 1.6679 |
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| 90 | Qatar | 1.6703 |
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| 91 | Zimbabwe | 1.7577 |
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| 92 | Guatemala | 1.8302 |
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| 93 | Bahrain | 1.8547 |
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| 94 | Tajikistan | 1.8661 |
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| 95 | Uruguay | 1.8909 |
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| 96 | Mali | 1.8941 |
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| 97 | Burkina Faso | 1.9009 |
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| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9244 |
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| 99 | Ireland | 1.9481 |
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| 100 | Slovenia | 1.9496 |
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| 101 | Cameroon | 1.9902 |
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| 102 | Latvia | 2.0145 |
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| 103 | Niger | 2.0153 |
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| 104 | Ivory Coast | 2.0236 |
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| 105 | Mongolia | 2.0299 |
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| 106 | Ghana | 2.0554 |
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| 107 | Cambodia | 2.0557 |
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| 108 | Botswana | 2.0582 |
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| 109 | Tanzania | 2.0651 |
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| 110 | Honduras | 2.0943 |
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| 111 | Armenia | 2.1251 |
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| 112 | Moldova | 2.1291 |
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| 113 | Paraguay | 2.1898 |
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| 114 | Nicaragua | 2.2747 |
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| 115 | Albania | 2.3137 |
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| 116 | Mozambique | 2.3364 |
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| 117 | South Sudan | 2.3501 |
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| 118 | Lebanon | 2.5193 |
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| 119 | Estonia | 2.5893 |
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| 120 | Dominican Republic | 2.7504 |
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| 121 | Republic of the Congo | 2.9509 |
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| 122 | Nepal | 2.9891 |
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| 123 | Montenegro | 2.9941 |
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| 124 | Mauritania | 3.0477 |
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| 125 | Madagascar | 3.0869 |
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| 126 | El Salvador | 3.1291 |
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| 127 | North Macedonia | 3.1808 |
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| 128 | Namibia | 3.2817 |
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| 129 | Central African Republic | 3.2889 |
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| 130 | Gabon | 3.3736 |
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| 131 | Laos | 3.4433 |
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| 132 | Panama | 3.6537 |
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| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.8586 |
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| 134 | Sierra Leone | 4.2063 |
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| 135 | Suriname | 4.6042 |
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| 136 | Somalia | 4.6404 |
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| 137 | Liberia | 5.5737 |
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| 138 | Bhutan | 10.1681 |
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