The 5 Worst Militaries In The World In 2022

According to the Global Firepower survey

Grant Piper
4 min readMar 27, 2022
FSK soldier with flag (Besnik1 — Own work / CC BY 3.0)

A lot of fuss is being made about who currently has the best military in the world. The usual suspects are all at the top of the list — The United States, Russia, China, Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The nations that always seem to be involved in the world’s largest and worst conflicts. While talking heads debate where Ukraine lands on the list and whether Russia’s hypersonic missiles give them an edge over their rivals I started thinking about the other end of the spectrum.

Who has the worst military in the world?

It turns out there is an annual survey that asks that very question. The Global Firepower Survey examines all of the world’s professional militaries and ranks them based on their effectiveness and modernity. These ranks are then published publically. Brilliant.

Here are the five worst militaries in the world in 2022.

Liberia (Rank #138)

Despite having a population of 5 million and receiving years of military support from the United State Liberia’s military is the 5th worst in the world. That is because the military had to be reorganized and reconstituted in 2003 after a turbulent period that included a coup and two civil wars. Trust in…

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Grant Piper
Grant Piper

Written by Grant Piper

Professional writer. Amateur historian. Husband, father, Christian.

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