Bangladesh ranks 40th in the Global Military Power Index
Bangladesh ranks 40th out of 145 nations in this year's military strength index of Global Firepower, an international research institute based on military capabilities. The US has been selected as the top military power country in this index like previous year.
Bangladesh, however, ranked 12th on the Global Firepower review's list of 'Powers on the Rise', which highlights national military powers based on growth in strength trends through 2023.
Based on the Global Firepower formula, the list features present world military powers, with a rising trend. 'PowerIndex' score has been used to rank countries. The 'Powers on the Rise' for 2023 annual defense review includes 53 countries.
Bangladesh has a PowerIndex score of 0.5871 (a score of 0.0000 is considered 'perfect'). This entry was last reviewed on 5 January 2023.
Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine has ranked 15th among the strongest militaries in the world out of 145 nations. Ukraine ranked 22nd in the 2022 ranking. Russia, on the other hand, remained second in the ranking.
Currently, 145 countries are considered for the Global Firepower annual defense review.
And Myanmar, another neighbor of Bangladesh, is in 38th place. The country's score is zero decimal 5768. Iran ranks 17th, Israel 18th, Vietnam 19th, Saudi Arabia 22nd, Taiwan 23rd, Thailand 24th and North Korea 34th in this index of Global Firepower.
And at the very bottom of this list is the South Asian nations of Bhutan. The country ranked 145th has a score of 6 decimal places in 2017.
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