Cintia A. , Lebledparle.com
Cameroon confirms its status as a regional military power by ranking 16th in Africa, according to the latest Global Firepower report. Globally, Paul Biya’s country is ranked 93rd. It comes just behind Tanzania, Tunisia, Mozambique and Chad.
Egypt remains Africa’s leading military power, according to this 2025 edition of the ranking of the world’s most powerful armies, published by the American defence website Global Fire Power (GFP).
Lebledparle.com presents below the list of the top 38 African military powers according to Global Firepower 2025:
1- Egypt (19th in the world)
2- Algeria (26th)
3- Nigeria (31st)
4- South Africa (40th)
5- Ethiopia (52nd)
6- Angola (56th)
7- Morocco (59th)
8- DR Congo (66th)
9- Sudan (73rd)
10- Libya (76th)
11- Kenya (83rd)
12- Chad (84th)
13- Mozambique (89th)
14- Tunisia (90th)
15- Tanzania (92nd)
16- Cameroon (93rd)
17- Ivory Coast (102nd)
18- Mali (104th)
19- Zambia (109th)
20- Ghana (110th)
21- Zimbabwe (111th)
22- South Sudan (113th)
23- Uganda (114th)
24- Namibia (116th)
25- Niger (119th)
26- Eritrea (120th)
27- Republic of Congo (121st)
28- Botswana (122nd)
29- Mauritania (123rd)
30- Senegal (125th)
31- Burkina Faso (129th)
32- Madagascar (130th)
33- Gabon (133rd)
34- Liberia (138th)
35- Sierra Leone (130th)
36- Somalia (142nd)
37- Central African Republic (143rd)
38- Benin (144th)
