India has been ranked as having the 4th most powerful military in the world after the United States of America, Russia and China by the Global Firepower Index 2025.

Bhutan was ranked at the bottom of the index at 145th position. Pakistan which was ranked 9th in 2024 dropped to 12th position in the 2025 ranking.

There has been no change in the ranking of the top four countries in the world as compared to 2024 Global Firepower Index.

The Global Firepower Index has been released by a website Globalfirepower.com annually since 2006.

About the Global Firepower Index

The Global Firepower Index compares 145 countries military power based on their war-making capabilities across land,sea and air. It doesn't include a country's nuclear weapon capability but only includes conventional military capabilities.

The 145 countries military strength is evaluated on more than 60 parameters related to manpower,natural resources, finance and geography.

About India in Global Firepower Index 2025

India was ranked at the 4th position with a score of 0.1184. A score of 0.0000 is an ideal score which denotes perfect military strength which no country possesses.

The top ranked country, the United States of America, got a score of 0.0744.
India was ranked number 1 in the world in the Population Reaching Military age annually.
India was ranked second in the world in population,available manpower,vehicles, roadways etc.
India secured poor rank in oil consumption, natural gas consumption,coal consumption, external borders and external debts.
India was ranked 145th in the world in terms of Helicopter Carrier strength and Mine warfare capability in sea.

Top 10 countries of the Global Firepower Index 2025

Following are the top ten countries in the world having the strongest military.

United States of America - score 0.0744
Russia- score 0.0788
China- score 0.0788
India- score 0.01184
South Korea - score 0.1656
United Kingdom - score 0.1785
France -score 0.1878
Japan- score 0.1839
Turkiye-score 0.1902
Italy- score 0.2164