List of countries by Military Strength Index

This is a list of countries by Military Strength Index based on the Credit Suisse report in September 2015.^[1] The factors under consideration for military strength and their total weights are: number of active personnel in the army (5%), tanks (10%), attack helicopters (15%), aircraft (20%), aircraft carriers (25%), and submarines (25%). The Military Strength Indicator introduced by Credit Suisse includes only the 20 strongest militaries and does not account for the actual training that the militaries may have.^[2]

Data table

Military strength indicator
Overall ranking	Country	Final military strength score	Active personnel ('000)	Tanks	Aircraft	Attack helicopters	Aircraft carriers	Submarines
1	United States	0.94	0.90	0.86	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95
2	Russia	0.80	0.81	0.95	0.90	0.90	0.52	0.86
3	China	0.79	0.95	0.90	0.86	0.86	0.52	0.90
4	Japan	0.72	0.38	0.38	0.76	0.81	0.76	0.81
5	India	0.69	0.86	0.81	0.81	0.19	0.76	0.76
6	France	0.61	0.33	0.24	0.67	0.43	0.90	0.57
7	South Korea	0.52	0.76	0.57	0.71	0.71	0.05	0.67
8	Italy	0.52	0.52	0.33	0.38	0.57	0.76	0.43
9	United Kingdom	0.50	0.19	0.14	0.52	0.67	0.52	0.57
10	Turkey	0.47	0.57	0.67	0.57	0.57	0.05	0.67
11	Pakistan	0.41	0.71	0.62	0.48	0.48	0.05	0.52
12	Egypt	0.34	0.62	0.76	0.62	0.38	0.05	0.14
13	Taiwan	0.32	0.43	0.52	0.43	0.76	0.05	0.14
14	Israel	0.32	0.24	0.71	0.33	0.48	0.05	0.33
15	Australia	0.30	0.05	0.05	0.10	0.24	0.52	0.43
16	Thailand	0.28	0.48	0.43	0.24	0.14	0.52	0.05
17	Poland	0.23	0.14	0.48	0.19	0.29	0.05	0.33
18	Germany	0.19	0.29	0.19	0.29	0.33	0.05	0.14
19	Indonesia	0.12	0.67	0.29	0.05	0.10	0.05	0.10
20	Canada	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.14	0.05	0.05	0.14
The six elements considered along with their weights are: Active personnel (5%), tanks (10%), attack helicopters (15%), aircraft (20%), aircraft carriers (25%), submarines (25%).
Source: Figure 56, Page 41, Credit Suisse September 2015[1]

See also

• List of countries by Global Militarization Index
• List of countries by level of military equipment
• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries by number of police officers
• List of countries without armed forces
• List of militaries by country
• Military budget

References