Military might varies wildly across the globe, with dozens of countries having no military whatsoever.

As the Russian- Ukraine war rages MoneyCentral brings you Global Firepower’s comprehensive 2022 military strength ranking, which measures military power based on 50 individual factors, including weapon numbers and diversity, natural resources, manpower and financial stability.

A perfect score on this index is 0.00.

20. Saudi Arabia, Score: 0.2966

Saudi Arabia has a full score of 0.2966. The total manpower of the Saudi military is 505,000 people, 480,000 of which are in active service.

Saudi Arabia has 1,062 tanks and a military budget of $48.5 billion.

19. Spain, Score: 0.2901



Spain has a total military personnel of 216,000, more than half (125,000) of which are in active service.

The European country has more tanks than Australia at 327, but a lower budget of $12.08 billion.

18. Israel, Score: 0.2621



Israel citizens are conscripted into mandatory service once they turn 18. Citizens have to serve three years in the military if they are men and two years if they are women.

Israel’s full score on this index is 0.2621. The country has a total of 643,000 military personnel, with 170,000 of those being in active service. It has a budget of $16.6 billion.

17. Australia, Score: 0.2377

Australia has 80,000 military personnel, 60,000 of which are active. However, it does boast 59 tanks and a budget of $42.7 billion.

16. Germany, Score: 0.2322

With a full score of 0.2322, Germany comes in at number 16 on this list. With 215,000 military personnel, and 185,000 of them active, Germany might not have the most boots on the ground.

However, it makes up for it with its budget, which is $57.4 billion. In addition to that, it has 244 tanks at its disposal.

15. Indonesia, Score: 0.2251



Indonesia has a full score of 0.2251, scoring a lot higher than the previous countries on this list.

This is due, in part, to its manpower; Indonesia has 1.08 million people in its military, 400,000 of which are active. The nation has 332 tanks and a budget of $9.2 billion.

14. Iran, Score: 0.2104



As Iran has a full score of 0.2104, coming in slightly above Indonesia. Iran has a mandatory military service of two years.

It has a total of 1,925,000 people in its military, 525,000 of which were active. It has 3,709 tanks, and a budget of $14.1 billion.

13. Turkey, Score: 0.1961

As Turkey has a full score of 0.1961 it just beats Iran to number 13 on this list.

It has 895,000 people in its military, with 355,000 active personnel. Turkey has 3,045 tanks and a budget of $17.3 billion.

12. Egypt, Score: 0.1869

Egypt has a full score of 0.1869 and has a lot of manpower with 1,330,000 personnel in its military. A total of 450,000 of these are active.

Egypt has 3,735 tanks and a budget of $10 billion.

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Israel should be much higher on that list.

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