Each year, the Global Fire Power (GFP) ranks countries of the world every year according to military strength and firepower.
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These 10 African countries have the most powerful armed forces
Countries on the African continent ranked by their potential military strength.
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GFP, an agency that assesses the military strength of nations, makes use of over 50 factors in its in-house formula to determine a given nation’s Power Index (‘PwrIndx’) score. PwrIndx scores are judged against a perfect value of “0.0000” which is realistically unattainable due to the number of factors considered per country.
This provides the final ranking while also allowing smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones.
That said, here are the top 10 African countries with the most powerful armed forces according to GFP:
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10. Democratic Republic of Congo
PwrIndx: 1.3442
Active personnel: 144,625
9. Libya
PwrIndx: 1.2096
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Active personnel: 35,000
8. Sudan
PwrIndx: 1.1777
Active personnel: 177,150
7. Morocco
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PwrIndx: 0.8702
Active personnel: 198,000
6. Angola
PwrIndx: 0.8428
Active personnel: 107,000
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5. South Africa
PwrIndx: 0.7864
Active personnel: 78,050
4. Nigeria
PwrIndx: 0.7511
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Active personnel: 124,000
3. Ethiopia
PwrIndx: 0.7443
Active personnel: 162,000
2. Algeria
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PwrIndx: 0.4366
Active personnel: 520,000
1. Egypt
PwrIndx: 0.2676
Active personnel: 454,250
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