Egypt Military first in African in 2016 Global Firepower ranking.

 

The Egyptian military has been ranked as the most powerful military in Africa according to Global Firepower (GFP) that measures a government's military strength. Out of the 30 countries ranked in Africa, Algeria came second, followed by Ethiopia, Nigerian and South African occupying the third, fourth and fifth
spots respectively. Bottom of the list is Central African Republic.

GFP makes use of over 40 factors to determine each Nation's power index ("PwrIndx") score. From this score, the finalized ranking is generated.  It is able to presents an unbiased ranking and realistic outlook on the conventional military firepower and strength of a given country for a given year.

Egypt is also ranked 12th out of 126 countries in the world.

Egypt is said to have the manpower and equipment which covers the air, land, naval power and the petroleum to sustain its army among other factors.


Under the World ranking, the United States of America is first, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK making the top five countries.

Full list below:
1. Egypt 2. Algeria 3. Ethiopia 4. Nigeria 5. South Africa 6. Angola 7. Morocco 8. Sudan 9. Libya 10.Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.Kenya 12.Tunisia 13.Zimbabwe 14.Zambia 15.Chad 16.Uganda 17.Tanzania 18.South Sudan 19.Ghana 20.Cameroon 21.Mozambique 22.Niger 23.Ivory Coast 24.Mali 25.Madagascar 26.Gabon 27.Republic of the Congo 28.Namibia 29.Somalia 30.Central African Republic.