Global Firepower analysts have published an annual ranking of the world's strongest armies based on available firepower.

When forming the rating, experts used more than 60 separate factors to determine each country's assessment, considering the number of military units and financial condition, logistical capabilities, geography and other aspects.

In total, analysts considered the military potential of 145 world powers. There are significant changes in the top twenty this year.

TOP 20 strongest armies in the world:

• USA.
• Russia.
• China.
• India.
• United Kingdom.
• North Korea.
• Pakistan.
• Japan.
• France.
• Italy.
• Turkey.
• Brazil.
• Indonesia.
• Egypt.
• Ukraine.
• Australia.
• Iran.
• Israel.
• Vietnam.
• Poland.

Moldova, Benin and Bhutan became outsiders in the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world.

In 2021, Ukraine took 25th place, and a year earlier, in 2020, Ukraine took 27th place.