The outlet has downgraded Kiev from 18th to 20th place in its latest rating of the world’s most powerful armies, with Moscow ranking second
Ukraine’s military has slid for a second consecutive year in the rating of the world’s top armies compiled by Global Firepower. By contrast, Russia has retained second place for over a decade.
In its 2025 Military Strength Ranking, the analytical outlet ranked the US military first, with a ‘PowerIndex’ score of 0.0744 (where 0.0000 is considered perfect), followed by Russia with 0.0788, and China in third place with the same score. Ukraine ranks 20th, with a score of 0.3755. The latter indicator inversely correlates with a nation’s military might.
Last year’s assessment placed Kiev in 18th place, with the top three armies remaining unchanged. In 2023, Ukraine ranked 15th.
The website, which has been publishing annual ratings of 145 armed forces since 2006, claims to base its analyses on “each…
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