The United States ranked first in the world in terms of military power, followed by Russia and China in second and third places, respectively, while Turkey topped the strongest armies in the Middle East, followed by Israel in fifteenth place in the world and Iran in sixteenth place, and Egypt ranked first in the Arab world, according to For the 2025 military power classification issued by the Global Firepower website.
Egypt came at the forefront of the Arab countries in terms of military strength, as it ranked nineteenth with a strength index of 0.3427. According to the website, Egypt relies on a huge army and diverse capabilities that include land, sea and air weapons, in addition to growing international cooperation in the field of training and armament.

It is noteworthy that the ideal strength index according to the classification is (0.0000), and the closer the value of the index is to this number, the greater the strength of the country’s traditional military capabilities.
This classification includes 145 countries, and reflects annual changes in military capabilities based on available data. However, changes in the annual ranking do not necessarily reflect a decline in power, as they may result from updates in the classification methodology.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also ranked 24th globally and second in the Arab world, with a strength index of 0.4201, followed by Algeria in the Arab world, which ranked 25th in the world, with a strength index of 0.3589.
The classification highlights the efforts of these three Arab countries to maintain their military readiness despite the economic and regional challenges.
Regarding the armies of the Middle East, Turkey ranked first and ninth in the world, with a strength index of 0.1902, followed by Israel, which ranked fifteenth in the world with a strength index of 0.2661, followed by Iran, which ranked sixteenth in the world with a strength index of 0.3048.
Classification criteria
This classification relies on more than 60 factors to determine the power index for each country, including the size of the armed forces, financial, logistical, and geographic capabilities.
The site also takes into account the size of countries and their technological progress, but some question the accuracy of its classifications, especially since some countries’ military data are secret, and their disclosure is subject to various considerations.

The most prominent factors on which the classification was based are manpower, population size, available manpower, those ready for military service, active personnel in military service, reserve personnel, paramilitary forces, and the air force, which includes the total number of aircraft, fighters, attack aircraft, transport aircraft and training aircraft. , special mission aircraft, helicopters, and ground forces, including a number of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and rocket launchers.
The classification also includes the size of the naval force, and includes total naval assets, aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, submarines, patrol ships, and minesweepers.
Ranking of the top twenty countries for the year 2025:
- US
- Russia
- China
- India
- South Korea
- UK
- France
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Italy
- Brazil
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Germany
- Israel
- Iran
- Spain
- Australia
- Egypt
- Ukraine