The Nigerian
Armed Forces have been rated as the fourth most powerful military in the
African continent for the year 2019.
In the new
list of military rankings released by Globalfirepower, the Nigerian military
rated 0.7007 on its Power Index score to be positioned behind Egypt, Algeria
and South Africa, Africa’s top three militaries.
Based on the
Power Index score, Nigeria is also ranked as the 44th most powerful military in
the world. The country’s military was similarly ranked last year and maintained
its position in the new listing.
Egypt is the
highest ranked African country with 12th most powerful military in the world, having
a Power Index score of 0.2283.
The second
most powerful military in Africa and the 27th in the world belongs to Algeria
which had a Power Index of 0.4551.
South
Africa’s Armed Forces sit in the third position in Africa with a rating of 32nd
most powerful in the world and a Power Index score of 0.5405.
After
Nigeria, the fifth most powerful military in Africa belongs to the Ethiopia
which ranked 47th in the world with a Power Index score of 7361.
Angola’s military is sixth most powerful in
Africa and 58th in the world with its Power Index score of 0.8154.
The Kingdom
of Morocco’s armed forces wraps up the top 7 most powerful military in Africa
with a 61st ranking in the world following a Power Index score of 0.8244.
Globalfirepower,
a defense website,said the ranking is achieved by processing the individual and
collective values of each nation on the list through an in-house formula to
generate the Power Index score.
These values
include military manpower, air power, land strength, naval power, resources,
logistics, financials and geography among others.
The 2019
ranking comes at a crucial time for the Nigeria Armed Forces which have been
stretched thin fighting decimated insurgent forces in the northeastern part of
the country and rampaging bandits across huge parts of the north.
