South Korea has ranked sixth in global military strength.
According to 2021 list from the U.S. ranking agency Global Firepower, South Korea ranks sixth out of 138 countries, the same as last year, with a PowerIndex score of zero-point-1621.
North Korea dropped three slots from 25th to 28th this year.
The GFP ranking is based on each nation's potential war-making capability across land, sea and air fought by conventional means. It utilizes over 50 individual factors to determine a PowerIndex score with categories ranging from military might and financials to logistical capability and geography.
The lower the score, the more powerful a nation's potential military strength is.
The U.S. topped the list followed by Russia, China, India and Japan.
South Korea was the eighth-largest spender in defense, at 48 billion dollars.
The United States' defense spending of 740 billion is more than four times that of second-ranking China.