Section A. Highlights, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher 

Written By Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/a/highlights

Published Date: 12 October 2025

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Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Yearly Rank to Compare the Global Political Power among Countries, Alliances and Coalitions to Survive Long Wars at the Military, Economic, and Political Levels

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

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Section A. Highlights, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

 

Section A - List of Contents

Section A. Highlights, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher 

  • Section A.1 Highlights: Top 25 of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

  • Section A.2 Highlights: Top-Up and Top-Down: Comparison between 2025 GSR versus 2024 GSR versus 2023 GSR

  • Section A.3 Highlights: Comparison of Multilateral Alliances

  • Section A.4 Highlights: Comparison of Coalitions

  • Section A.5 Highlights: Comparison of Foreign Military Presence in Host Countries 

  • Section A.6 Highlights: Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC: Military Backup and Military Risk

 

Section A.1 Highlights: Top 25 of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

 

For Full Details:

 

Chart 1. Top 25 of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

Table 1. Top 25, sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

 

Section A.2 Highlights: Top-Up and Top-Down among Top 100: Comparison between 2025 GSR versus 2024 GSR versus 2023 GSR

 

For Full Details: Section E5. Comparison Year-Over-Year (YOY) of 2023GSR/2024GSR/2025GSR, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/e/gsr-2023-2025

 

Chart 2. Top-Up and Top-Down: Change in the Rank of Global Survival Rank (GSR) among Top 100,  2024-2025

Map 1. Top-Up and Top-Down among Top 100: Change % in the Weight Average (WR) of Global Survival Rank (GSR), 2024-2025

Chart 3. Status Change in the of Global Survival Rank (GSR): 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, GSR Rank and Weight Average (WR) of GSR

Table 2. Yearly Change in the Global Survival Rank (GSR) among Top 100: Comparison between 2025 GSR versus 2024 GSR versus 2023 GSR, Yearly Change in GSR Rank and Weight Average (WR) of GSR

Note: The calculation of the Yearly Change presented in the table above refers to the data of each country in relation to the testing years, rather than to the same row of each year, as in the example shown below regarding the case of South Africa. Keep in mind that some countries that have ‘No Change’ in the Rank of GSR between the testing years still have a change in the Weight Average (WR) of GSR.

 

Section A.3 Highlights: Comparison of Multilateral Alliances 

 

For Full Details: Section F1. Comparison of Multilateral Alliances, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/f/comparison-alliances

 

Chart 4. Comparison of Multilateral Alliances: Average of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) of Each Alliance

Table 3. Comparison of Multilateral Alliances: Indicators R1-R7, sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

Section A.4 Highlights: Comparison of Coalitions 

 

For Full Details: Section F4. Comparison of Coalitions, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/f/comparison-coalitions

 

Map 2. Comparison of Coalitions

Chart 5. Comparison of Coalitions: Share of Each Coalition

Chart 6. Comparison of Coalitions: Average of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

Table 4. Comparison of Coalitions: Indicators (R1-R7) of 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) per Each Coalition, Total and Average

 

Section A.5 Highlights: Comparison of Foreign Military Presence in Host Countries 

 

For Full Details:

 

Map 3. Home Countries and Host Countries with Foreign Military Presence

Chart 7. Comparison of Foreign Military Presence - Home Country Perspective: Comparison between 2025 GSR of Home Country versus 2025 GSR of Home Country including its Host Countries

Table 5. Comparison of Foreign Military Presence - Home Country Perspective: Comparison between 2025 GSR of Home Country versus 2025 GSR of Home Country, including its Host Countries

2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) of Home Countries

2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) of Home Countries, including its Host Countries

Section A.6 Highlights: Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC: Military Backup and Military Risk

 

For Full Details: Section F5. Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC: Military Backup and Military Risk, 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/f/comparison-superpowers

 

Chart 8. Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

Table 6. Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC: Global Survival Rank Indicators (R1-R7), sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

Chart 9. Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC - Military Backup and Military Risk: ‘Alliance Level’ versus ‘List of Countries Level’

Table 7. Comparison of Superpowers and Permanent Members of UNSC - Military Backup and Military Risk: ‘Alliance Level’ versus ‘List of Countries Level’, sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

‘Alliance Level’

‘List of Countries Level’

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

https://www.rozen-bakher.com/
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