Armenia came 95th in the 2017 Military Strength Ranking finalized by Global Firepower analytical center. The rating includes overall 132 countries.

Neighbors of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, ranked 80 and 59 respectively.

The top five countries included US, Russia, China, India and France. Turkey came 8th and Iran—20th.  

The ranking is made based on 50 factors, including the potential capacities of a country on the land, in the air and water. Manpower, finance, geography are also considered. In fact, attention is paid to the diversity of arms and not their quantity.