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| 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Giftedgreen: 9:07am On Oct 21, 2014 |
For centuries, the African continent has been beset with fighting, political upheaval and oppression. In a world rife with global conflicts, the ability to project power and wield that power decisively is an important national security and diplomatic asset. The folks at Global Firepower have figured out a way to rank who has the most powerful military. They measure 40 different stats about a country, including number of aircraft carriers, available manpower, and labor force, to produce a “Power Index,” in which lower numbers equal more firepower. Who has the most powerful military in Africa? Let’s find out . . . 10. Libya Despite the revolution of 2011, Libya maintains a sizeable military force. Rank in Africa: 10 Rank in World: 78 Power Index: 2.3353 Defense Budget:$3, 000, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 35, 000 Labour Force: 1, 353, 000 Total Tanks: 400 Total Aircraft: 46 Total Naval Strength: 5 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Libya 9. Angola Angola fields an army, navy and air force with personnel numbering over 100,000. Rank in Africa: 9 Rank in World: 73 Power Index: 2.2599 Defence Budget:$4, 150, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 87, 000 Labour Force: 8, 745, 000 Total Tanks: 140 Total Aircraft: 270 Total Naval Strength: 56 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Angola 8. Tunisia Tunisia played a role in the Arab Spring, its government eventually overthrown. Rank in Africa: 8 Rank in World: 66 Power Index: 1.8635 Defense Budget:$550, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 40, 500 Labour Force: 3, 914, 000 Total Tanks: 350 Total Aircraft: 139 Total Naval Strength: 50 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Tunisia 7. Morocco The West African nation relies on foreign equipment and can field a military of nearly 350,000. Rank in Africa: 7 Rank in World: 65 Power Index: 1.8499 Defence Budget:$3, 400, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 195, 800 Labour Force: 11, 530, 000 Total Tanks: 1, 348 Total Aircraft: 323 Total Naval Strength: 121 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Morocco 6. Kenya The Kenyan military is a regular participant of worldwide peace-keeping initiatives. Rank in Africa: 6 Rank in World: 63 Power Index: 1.7689 Defence Budget:$595, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 24, 120 Labour Force: 19, 110, 000 Total Tanks: 186 Total Aircraft: 134 Total Naval Strength: 19 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Kenya 5. Nigeria Several hundred thousand personnel make up the Nigerian Armed Forces. Rank in Africa: 5 Rank in World: 47 Power Index: 1.5261 Defence Budget:2, 330, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 88, 565 Labour Force: 130, 000 Total Tanks: 363 Total Aircraft: 96 Total Naval Strength: 75 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Nigeria 4. South Africa One of the more technologically advanced militaries in all of Africa belongs to South Africa Rank in Africa: 4 Rank in World: 41 Power Index: 1.3467 Defence Budget:4, 610, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 88, 565 Labour Force: 18, 060, 000 Total Tanks: 191 Total Aircraft: 213 Total Naval Strength: 30 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=South-Africa 3. Ethiopia The Ethiopian military is spread across a land and air component numbering several hundred thousand. Rank in Africa: 3 Rank in World: 40 Power Index: 1.3229 Defence Budget:$340M Active Military Personnel: 182, 500 Labour Force: 44, 020, 000 Total Tanks: 560 Total Aircraft: 81 Total Naval Strength: Nil Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Ethiopia 2. Algeria Founded in 1954, the modern Algerian military is a relatively modern force showcasing land, sea and air forces. Rank in Africa: 2 Rank in World: 31 Power Index: 1.1698 Defence Budget:$10, 570, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 512, 000 Labour Force: 11, 050, 000 Total Tanks: 1, 050 Total Aircraft: 404 Total Naval Strength: 35 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Algeria 1. Egypt Despite its recent internal struggles, Egypt still fields one of the largest fighting forces in the world. Rank in Africa: 1 Rank in World: 13 Power Index: 0.6122 Defence Budget:$4, 400, 000, 000 Active Military Personnel: 468, 500 Labour Force: 27, 000, 000 Total Tanks: 4, 767 Total Aircraft: 1, 100 Total Naval Strength: 237 Source: http://globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Egypt Do you agree with this ranking? What are your thoughts? Let us know what you think in the comment section below - See more at: http://giftedgreen.com/2014/blog/2014/10/21/10-most-powerful-militaries-in-africa/#sthash.IZLLLopT.dpuf
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| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by sgtmark(m): 9:17am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Brb |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by sarmiie(m): 9:21am On Oct 21, 2014 |
I knew egypt wld be 1st........ |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by lirusehn(m): 9:28am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Nigeria Ist? waohhhhh!  |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Idrismusty97(m): 9:45am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Wow! See Ethiopia defense budget, just over $340million yet they are ranked higher than Nigeria with defense budget of over $2billion dollars  And their active military personnel is way higher than South Africa and Nigeria. I checked all the defense budgets of the countries, Ethiopia have the cheapest! Their army must be malnourished.... Well money isn't important here, the will and determination is! The same way India spent only $73million to send a satellite to Mars while the US spent a whooping $671million!I am also surprise Libya is ranked the lowest. Libya were once more powerful than Nigeria and the rest of the Africa countries, they were once ranked among the top four...too bad |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by meek2stylee(m): 9:47am On Oct 21, 2014 |
will be bk in a giffy |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by YungwizzzyChina: 9:50am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Giftedgreen: kk |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by femicyrus(m): 10:04am On Oct 21, 2014 |
What is the strength of bokoharam?  |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by buccal(m): 10:09am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Brb |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Giftedgreen: 10:28am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Idrismusty97: Having Libya on the list is actually impressive. The Libyan Revolution was a huge blow to their Libyan Military and yet they are ranked amongst the top 10. 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Janyves(m): 3:22pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
right from the late 60's Egypt has maintained its military prowess and skill. This is majorly because they are a producing nation unlike naija wey be say almost everything na imported |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by darne(m): 3:59pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
Egypt yes,.... Heard about em |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Nobody: 4:58pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
Idrismusty97:that's hw bad d USA can destroy a nation in all areas if u don't bend to their will.. |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by ducii: 5:01pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
Janyves: How many things do you know are imported in Nigeria. |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by unclejb2(m): 5:25pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
The real strenght of any military is in their defense budget, trianing and man power. Nigeria Army could rank no.1 if we can reduce corruption in our ministry of defence. |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Rijes: 7:57pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
What do muslim countries know only budgeting half of its annual earnings in building war eguipment forgeting their economy |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Idrismusty97(m): 9:04pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
Rijes:Please name those "Muslim countries", their millitary expenditure and compare it with their annual earnings. These are the lists of countries by military expenditure: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures Compare their military expenditure with their annual earnings and you would be shocked to see which countries top the list, in fact the only Muslim country that even came close is Saudi Arabia. You would also be surprise even Israel top the list. Israel earns $68bn annually but they spend a whooping $18bn as their military budget, that is about 9% of their GDP and even the US earns about $3trn but spend a staggering $600bn on millitary budget(Although it is 4.4% of their GDP). Click the wikipedia link and focus on the "Military Expenditure as percentage of GDP" not the Budget itself. Among them North korea is the highest compared with their GDP. There are spending 25% of their GDP on military alone! I know you don't like the Muslims countries but if you must criticized them do so with facts like most intelligent people will. Apart from Saudi Arabia that spent 9% of its GDP on military, the rest of the Muslim countries even spend far less. Israel surpasses all of them! 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by Giftedgreen: 12:46am On Oct 22, 2014 |
Janyves: Not necessarily. The U.S. has provided Egypt with about $19 billion in military aid, making Egypt the second largest non-NATO recipient of U.S. military aid after Israel. Also, Egypt received about $30 billion in economic aid within the same time frame. In 2009, the U.S. provided a military assistance of US$ 1.3 billion (inflation adjusted US$ 1.43 billion in 2014), and an economic assistance of US$ 250 million (inflation adjusted US$ 274.8 million in 2014). In 1989 both Egypt and Israel became a Major non-NATO ally of the United States. Military cooperation between the U.S. and Egypt is probably the strongest aspect of their strategic partnership. Egypt was also described during the Clinton Administration as the most prominent player in the Arab world and a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. U.S. military assistance to Egypt was considered part of the administration's strategy to maintaining continued availability of Persian Gulf energy resources and to secure the Suez Canal, which serves both as an important international oil route and as critical route for U.S. warships transiting between the Mediterranean and either the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93United_States_relations 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In Africa by explorer250(m): 2:02am On Oct 22, 2014 |
Giftedgreen:This is trash. Nigeria spends nothing less than $4bn in her defence budget. How can they put the labour force of Nigeria at 130,000 when nigeria has a labour force of over 100,000,000. Pls i dnt think that the list is genuine. Ethopia spends very little with less labour force than naija yet the still rank higber than us. Or are they well trained than our soldiers that has accomplished numerous oustanding victories at the african and international peacekeeping mission?. Nigeria should at least rank 2nd on the list. *smells something fishy in thread* |
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