Nigerian Military Drops In Latest Global Ranking
The latest rankings published by Global Firepower has ranked Nigeria’s armed forces at 39th out of the 145 countries reviewed.
This marks a decline in Nigeria’s position from its 36th position in the 2023 ranking and 35th position in 2022.
Nigeria also dropped from third to fourth position among African countries.
In Africa, Egypt is ranked first, followed by Algeria, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola, Morocco, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia, and Sudan.
This development is despite Nigeria’s avowed commitment to its military infrastructure and stated provision of high grade military hardware.
In contrast, in the 18th consecutive year, the United States retained its position as the top-ranked military globally.
According to GFP, the United States showcases “commanding values in many major material, financial, and resource categories.”
The USA is followed by Russia, China, and India, ranked second, third, and fourth, respectively.
South Korea is ranked fifth, followed by the United Kingdom (6th), Japan (7th), Turkey (8th), Pakistan (9th), and Italy (10th). The top 15 is completed by France (11th), Brazil (12th), Indonesia (13th), Iran (14th), and Egypt (15th).
Australia, Israel, Ukraine, Germany, and Spain hold the 16th to 20th positions, respectively.
The report noted that the Global Firepower utilises 60 individual factors to determine the rankings.
“The finalised Global Firepower ranking below utilises over 60 individual factors to determine a given nation’s PowerIndex score.”
The report noted that there were “categories ranging from the quantity of military units and financial standing to logistical capabilities and geography,” the GFP report stated.
“Our unique, in-house formula allows smaller, more technologically advanced nations to compete with larger, less-developed powers. Special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the list, which is compiled annually.”
“Each nation is assessed on individual and collective values processed through an in-house formula to generate its (Power Index) score. Some values are estimated when official numbers are unavailable,” it added.
The Nigerian military is yet to comment on this development.
