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European Powers Ranked by Military Strength


Modern Europe has been Ground Zero for both of the global wars of the 20th Century.

The GFP list makes use of over 50 factors in our in-house formula to determine a given nation's Power Index ('PwrIndx') score. This provides the final ranking while also allowing smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones. Some bonuses and penalties are added for refinement that, in the end, we hope presents an unbiased look into the potential conventional military strength of a world power.

For 2018 there are a total of 33 countries included in this listing.

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  France


  PwrIndx: 0.1869, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  United Kingdom


  PwrIndx: 0.1917, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Germany


  PwrIndx: 0.2461, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Italy


  PwrIndx: 0.2565, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Spain


  PwrIndx: 0.4079, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Poland


  PwrIndx: 0.4276, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro
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  Greece


  PwrIndx: 0.5255, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; Balkan
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  Ukraine


  PwrIndx: 0.5383, GFP Affiliations: Europe; EasternEuro
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  Czech Republic


  PwrIndx: 0.5969, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro
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  Sweden


  PwrIndx: 0.6071, GFP Affiliations: Scandanavia; European Union
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  Switzerland


  PwrIndx: 0.6634, GFP Affiliations: Europe
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  Netherlands


  PwrIndx: 0.7113, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Romania


  PwrIndx: 0.7205, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro; Balkan
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  Belarus


  PwrIndx: 0.7315, GFP Affiliations: Europe; EasternEuro
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  Denmark


  PwrIndx: 0.9084, GFP Affiliations: Scandanavia; Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Hungary


  PwrIndx: 0.9153, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro
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  Finland


  PwrIndx: 0.9687, GFP Affiliations: Scandanavia; European Union
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  Bulgaria


  PwrIndx: 0.9839, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro; Balkan
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  Austria


  PwrIndx: 0.9953, GFP Affiliations: Europe; European Union
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  Slovakia


  PwrIndx: 0.9998, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; EasternEuro
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  Portugal


  PwrIndx: 1.0035, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Belgium


  PwrIndx: 1.0885, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Croatia


  PwrIndx: 1.2108, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; Balkan
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  Serbia


  PwrIndx: 1.5566, GFP Affiliations: Europe; Balkan
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  Albania


  PwrIndx: 1.6778, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; Balkan
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  Slovenia


  PwrIndx: 1.8581, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union; Balkan
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  Lithuania


  PwrIndx: 1.9165, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Latvia


  PwrIndx: 2.3063, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Estonia


  PwrIndx: 2.4078, GFP Affiliations: Europe; NATO; European Union
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  Ireland


  PwrIndx: 2.6049, GFP Affiliations: Europe; European Union
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  Macedonia


  PwrIndx: 2.6285, GFP Affiliations: Europe; Balkan
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  Montenegro


  PwrIndx: 2.9109, GFP Affiliations: NATO; EasternEuro; Europe
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  Bosnia and Herzegovina


  PwrIndx: 3.0321, GFP Affiliations: Europe; Balkan