African Powers Ranked by Military Strength Ranking 2017

For centuries, the African continent has been beset with fighting, political upheaval and oppression.

 The GFP list makes use of over 50 factors in our in-house formula to determine a given nation's Power Index ('PwrIndx') score. This provides the final ranking while also allowing smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones. Some bonuses and penalties are added for refinement that, in the end, we hope presents an unbiased look into the potential conventional military strength of a world power.

For 2017 there are a total of 33 countries included in this listing.

 

1

  Egypt
  PwrIndx: 0.2676, GFP Affiliations: Africa; Middle East 

2

  Algeria
  PwrIndx: 0.4366, GFP Affiliations: Africa

3

  Ethiopia
  PwrIndx: 0.7443, GFP Affiliations: Africa

4

  Nigeria
  PwrIndx: 0.7511, GFP Affiliations: Africa

5

  South Africa
  PwrIndx: 0.7864, GFP Affiliations: Africa

6

  Angola
  PwrIndx: 0.8428, GFP Affiliations: Africa

7

  Morocco
  PwrIndx: 0.8702, GFP Affiliations: Africa

8

  Sudan
  PwrIndx: 1.1777, GFP Affiliations: Africa

9

  Libya
  PwrIndx: 1.2096, GFP Affiliations: Africa

10

  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  PwrIndx: 1.3442, GFP Affiliations: Africa

11

  Kenya
  PwrIndx: 1.3739, GFP Affiliations: Africa

12

  Tunisia
  PwrIndx: 1.3782, GFP Affiliations: Africa

13

  Zimbabwe
  PwrIndx: 1.5119, GFP Affiliations: Africa

14

  Zambia
  PwrIndx: 1.6364, GFP Affiliations: Africa

15

  Chad
  PwrIndx: 1.7897, GFP Affiliations: Africa

16

  Uganda
  PwrIndx: 1.8679, GFP Affiliations: Africa

17

  Tanzania
  PwrIndx: 1.9429, GFP Affiliations: Africa

18

  South Sudan
  PwrIndx: 1.9941, GFP Affiliations: Africa

19

  Ghana
  PwrIndx: 2.0612, GFP Affiliations: Africa

20

  Botswana
  PwrIndx: 2.2647, GFP Affiliations: Africa

21

  Mozambique
  PwrIndx: 2.2716, GFP Affiliations: Africa

22

  Cameroon
  PwrIndx: 2.3447, GFP Affiliations: Africa

23

  Niger
  PwrIndx: 2.4442, GFP Affiliations: Africa

24

  Ivory Coast
  PwrIndx: 2.4635, GFP Affiliations: Africa

25

  Mali
  PwrIndx: 2.5971, GFP Affiliations: Africa

26

  Republic of the Congo
  PwrIndx: 2.7773, GFP Affiliations: Africa

27

  Madagascar
  PwrIndx: 2.7895, GFP Affiliations: Africa

28

  Gabon
  PwrIndx: 2.8176, GFP Affiliations: Africa

29

  Namibia
  PwrIndx: 3.2898, GFP Affiliations: Africa

30

  Somalia
  PwrIndx: 3.6761, GFP Affiliations: Africa

31

  Central African Republic
  PwrIndx: 3.8788, GFP Affiliations: Africa

32

  Mauritania
  PwrIndx: 4.2664, GFP Affiliations: Africa

33

  Sierra Leone
  PwrIndx: 4.3701, GFP Affiliations: Africa

source;-  xayouluma