Middle East military rankings: Turkey highest, Lebanon lowest per global index
Turkey stands out as the most powerful country in terms of its military capacities in its region while Lebanon is the weakest, a global military strength index finds.
Turkey has boosted its military power over the past year, moving up two places in the Global Fire Power’s 2023 Military Strength Rankings. At 11th place, it now holds the highest ranking in the Middle East North Africa region.
The defense statistics website Global Fire Power reviewed the military strengths of 145 countries in its 2023 index across the world according to eight categories including troop numbers, national resources, financial situations, logistics and geography. The rankings for Middle East and North Africa region are as follows:
- Turkey
- Egypt
- Iran
- Israel
- Saudi Arabia
- Algeria
- Iraq
- UAE
- Morocco
- Syria
- Qatar
- Tunisia
- Yemen
- Sudan
- Oman
- Kuwait
- Bahrain
- Libya
- Jordan
- Lebanon
In second place, Egypt is ranked as the most powerful Arab country in terms of its military prowess, with its global ranking standing at 14th.
Iran has the third most powerful army in its region, according to the index, which ranked the country 17th globally. Interestingly, Israel comes just after Iran at 18th.
