New Delhi: Forbes recently released its estimation of worldwide powerful nations for 2025, where the US stands firmly in the first place, followed by China by a significant distance. The list positions Israel as number 10 but does not include India in its top 10 rankings, even though these countries fiercely contest each other.
Five key areas form the basis of country analysis in the annual rankings, which US News and Look and World Report and BAV Group and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania researchers publish together. India holds the fourth-biggest military force globally, whereas its fifth-ranking economy puts it in position 12th out of 134 nations.
The placement evaluation has provoked significant curiosity among analysts who question the standards used for the assessment. Forbes specified that BAV Group, under WPP (Global marketing communications firm), developed this outcome using their complex assessment system. The evaluation was executed by Professor David Reibstein from The Wharton School alongside US News & World Report researchers.
The successful assessment methodology employed by Forbes reveals that India’s demerits as a global superpower stem from its billion people and its incremental wealth accumulation. Global GDP is one of the multiple indicators that places India at rank 5 in the IVY League. The current geopolitical factors have prompted these evaluations, which reveal modifications in global power distribution.
Different aspects of global connexions and international relationships have been incorporated into the power rankings, which extend past traditional economic and military strength metrics. This new ranking emerges because of complex relationships among stakeholders who contribute to the growing national power of nations.
This evolving world order supports the prediction that the following list of updates will introduce developing countries such as India, although they remain distant from their economic growth targets.