Kenya Defence Forces have been ranked 6th in the list of most powerful African militaries.
This is according to Global Firepower(GFP) which makes use of over 40 factors to determine each nation’s military power index. Some of these are the budget allocated to defence, human resource, and the firepower owned by the country.
Based on available information, the following countries represent the most powerful militaries in Africa as of Aug. 4 2014. The numbers reflect each country’s power index derived from a unique algorithm developed by GFP. The lower the number the stronger the military with a perfect score being 0.0000.
1. Egypt – Power Index: 0.6122
2. Algeria – Power Index: 1.1698
3. Ethiopia – Power Index: 1.3229
4. South Africa – Power Index: 1.3467
5. Nigeria – Power Index: 1.5261
6. Kenya – Power Index: 1.7689
7. Morocco – Power Index: 1.8499
8. Tunisia – Power Index: 1.8635
9. Angola – Power Index: 2.2599
10. Libya – Power Index: 2.3353
11. Sudan – Power Index: 2.3465
12. Democratic Republic of Congo – Power Index: 2.6642
13. Uganda – Power Index: 2.6895
14. South Sudan – Power Index: 2.7689
15. Ghana – Power Index: 2.9726
16. Zimbabwe – Power Index: 3.0955
17. Cameroon – Power Index: 3.3009
18. Zambia – Power Index : 3.5013
19. Somalia – Power Index: 3.5462
20. Mozambique – Power Index: 4.1026
This is according to Global Firepower(GFP) which makes use of over 40 factors to determine each nation’s military power index. Some of these are the budget allocated to defence, human resource, and the firepower owned by the country.
Based on available information, the following countries represent the most powerful militaries in Africa as of Aug. 4 2014. The numbers reflect each country’s power index derived from a unique algorithm developed by GFP. The lower the number the stronger the military with a perfect score being 0.0000.
1. Egypt – Power Index: 0.6122
2. Algeria – Power Index: 1.1698
3. Ethiopia – Power Index: 1.3229
4. South Africa – Power Index: 1.3467
5. Nigeria – Power Index: 1.5261
6. Kenya – Power Index: 1.7689
7. Morocco – Power Index: 1.8499
8. Tunisia – Power Index: 1.8635
9. Angola – Power Index: 2.2599
10. Libya – Power Index: 2.3353
11. Sudan – Power Index: 2.3465
12. Democratic Republic of Congo – Power Index: 2.6642
13. Uganda – Power Index: 2.6895
14. South Sudan – Power Index: 2.7689
15. Ghana – Power Index: 2.9726
16. Zimbabwe – Power Index: 3.0955
17. Cameroon – Power Index: 3.3009
18. Zambia – Power Index : 3.5013
19. Somalia – Power Index: 3.5462
20. Mozambique – Power Index: 4.1026
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