Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bangladesh ranks 40th in the Global Military Power Index
Dhaka, 15 January 2023 : Bangladesh is ranked 40th out of 145 countries in the world in this year's military strength index of Global Firepower (GFP), an international research institute based on military capabilities.
The United States has been selected as the top military power country in this index like last year.
This year's GFP index ranks national military power based on countries' power growth trends. Bangladesh ranks 12th in the list of 'Powers on the Rise' in GFP's review. 53 countries were selected as 'Powers on the Rise' in GFP's 2023 Annual Defense Review.
According to the website of this international organization, this year's index is based on more than 60 different criteria, including the latest available military equipment, defense budget, number of troops, and the military capabilities of 145 countries in the world.
This index, published as '2023 Military Strength Ranking', also determines the scores of countries in terms of military strength. It mentions Bangladesh's military as the 40th largest in the world. Bangladesh scored zero decimal 5871 in military strength index. GFP said that the position of Bangladesh has been determined by assuming the military capability of Bangladesh as the basis of this index till January 5.
Meanwhile, the United States has retained the top spot in this index like last year. Against the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine ranks 15th in the list of the world's strongest militaries among 145 countries.
On the other hand, Russia has been selected as the second most militarily powerful country in the GFP index. The country's score is zero decimal 0714. And in this index of the top military power country, China is in the third place. China's score is zero decimal 0722.
Bangladesh's neighbor India ranks fourth in this list of top military powers; The country's score is zero decimal 1025. And the United Kingdom is in fifth place with a score of zero decimal 1435.
Besides, among the top 10 countries in the index are South Korea 6th (score 0.1505), Pakistan 7th (score 0.1694), Japan 8th (score 0.1711), France 9th (score 0.1848) and Italy 10th (score 0.1848). ) is in place.
