As of 2024, Egypt was considered the most powerful African country by its conventional fighting capacity, achieving a score of 0.23. The country also placed 15th in the global military power ranking. Following this were Algeria and South Africa, each with an index of 0.36 and 0.46, respectively. A military strength with an index score of 0.0000 is seen as the most powerful.
Military power ranking in Africa 2024, by leading countries
The source specifies that a perfect Power Index score is 0.0000, which is realistically unattainable in the scope of their current formula; the smaller the value, the more powerful a nation's theoretical fighting capacity is (by conventional means, as nuclear capacity is not taken into account).
The overall annual defense review considered a total of 37 countries.
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