AKIPRESS.COM - Kyrgyzstan ranks 90th in the Global Firepower ranking among 142 countries.

The finalized Global Firepower ranking utilizes over 50 individual factors to determine a given nation's PowerIndex ('PwrIndx') score with categories ranging from military might and financials to logistical capability and geography.

The unique, in-house formula allows for smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones and special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the annual list.

The first ten top countries in the ranking include:

1. United States

2. Russia

3. China

4. India

5. Japan

6. South Korea

7. France

8. UK

9. Pakistan

10. Brazil.

Rankings of the neighboring and partner countries of Kyrgyzstan:

- Turkey — 13,

- Taiwan — 21,

- Ukraine — 22,

- Belarus — 52,

- Uzbekistan — 54,

- Azerbaijan — 63,

- Kazakhstan — 64,

- Turkmenistan — 83,

- Georgia — 88,

- Kyrgyzstan — 90,

- Armenia — 97,

- Moldova — 105,

- Tajikistan — 111.