The Philippines ranked 51st overall among 140 nations in terms of military strength, the Global Firepower (GFP) said.
In its 2022 Military Strength Ranking, the group said the Philippines received a power index of 0.8076, below the 0.7453 power index earned by Peru that was ranked 50th.
The top five nations are the United States (0.0453 power index), Russia (0.0501 power index), China (0.0511 power index), India (0.0979 power index) and Japan (0.1195 power index).
“For 2022, Philippines is ranked 51 of 140 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. It holds a PwrIndx* score of 0.8076 (a score of 0.0000 is considered ‘perfect’),” the group said in its website.
In Southeast Asia, the Philippines was ranked seventh. Indonesia ranked first (0.2251 power index), followed by Vietnam (0.4521 power index), Thailand (0.4581 power index), Myanmar (0.5972 power index), Singapore (0.6253 power index, and Malaysia (0.7091 power index).
The Global Firepower ranking uses some 50 factors “to determine a given nation’s Power Index score with categories ranging from military might and financials to logistical capability and geography.”
“Our unique, in-house formula allows for smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones and special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the annual list. Color arrows indicate year-over-year trend comparison,” it said in its website.
It said each nation is assessed on “individual and collective values processed through our in-house formula to general its power index score.”
The Philippines ranked 11th in merchant marine fleet factor, 12th in military age, 13th in population, 14th in manpower fit, and 15th in the factors of manpower, corvettes, frigates, and labor force.
But it ranked 140th in the factors of destroyers, submarines, tanker aircraft, carriers, fighter/interceptor, multiple launch rocket projectors, helicopter carriers, and mine warfare.
