2025 Military Power Index: Ranking the World’s Strongest Armed Forces

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In a significant development, Australia’s prestigious Lowy Institute has, for the first time, recognised India as a ‘Major Power’.

Overall ranked as the third most powerful country in Asia, behind the US and China, the Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index 2025 report says that “India’s power in Asia continues to grow steadily but remains well below the potential of its resources.”



Notably, this year India scored an overall comprehensive power score of 40.0, qualifying it for ‘major power status’. Last year, India’s comprehensive power score was 39.1, which only qualified it for ‘middle power status’.



A significant determinant for India’s enhanced power score was India’s demonstrated success in ‘Operation Sindoor’.

Meanwhile, besides the Lowy Institute report, another report by an Australian government-affiliated think tank notes India’s success in the four-day war with Pakistan in May.



This comes weeks after the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) ranked India above China in terms of air power. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) demonstration of stand-off precision air-strikes against targets across the length and breadth of Pakistan in May was a major factor in WDMMA ranking India above China in terms of air power.

The 2025 Asia Power Index

According to the 2025 rankings, the US and China are the two superpowers in Asia. However, though the US remains the most powerful country in Asia, its comprehensive power is witnessing a decline, thanks to US President Donald Trump’s policies.

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