Global Firepower (GFP)published a rating of the strongest armies in Europe for 2020 year. Calculation “relics” a particular army is made taking into account more 50 criteria, but excluding the presence of nuclear weapons.
In addition to the size of the army, the amount of military equipment and other, the level of financing of the military sphere is taken into account, transport infrastructure, access to petroleum products and other factors, which can affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
The rating is formed according to the principle “the less PwrIndx (power index), the stronger the country”. According to this formula, the maximum indicator of military power should be 0.0000, but this has not been achieved by any army in the world.
Ten strongest armies in Europe according to the results 2020 year looks like this: Russia comes out on top with an indicator 0,0796. The second and third places are occupied by France and the United Kingdom with a rating of 0.1681 and 0.1997. Turkey took fourth place, typing 0.2118, on the fifth is Italy with the result 0,2139. Sixth place for Germany with a rating in 0,2529. Next comes Spain with 0,3274, Poland with 0,4202, Ukraine with 0,4413 and Switzerland with 0,5027.
If you look at the world ranking, then Russia is in second place, skipping ahead of the United States with 0,721. China is in third place with 0,0858, fourth in India with 0,1214. Also, the world's top ten include armies (descending): Japan, South Korea, France, United Kingdom, Brazil and Pakistan.
Ukraine, included in the European rating for 9 a place, ranked 25th globally.
