Pakistan has been ranked among the 15 best global military powers in 2025 Global Firepower (GFP) index, ensuring the 12th position out of 145 countries considered for the annual review. India, Pakistan’s nuclear armed neighbor, ranked higher in 4th place.
“The GFP index describes Pakistan as a top 15 global military power,” GFP said on its website. “In 2025, Pakistan is ranked 12. And reflects its strategic military capabilities.
With regard to specific military forces, Pakistan ranked 7. globally for air raft strength, while India was placed 4. For Naval Power, Pakistan was ranked as 27. With India at the front of the 6th position.
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“The GFP index emphasized that although both nations continue to grow their military capacity, India maintains a stronger position in certain areas, such as fleet and air raft strength.
The GFP index, which assesses military strength based on over 60 individual factors, including military units, financial status, logistics capacity and geography, placed Pakistan with a Powerindex (PWRINDX) score of 0.2513. A perfect score is 0.0000
