List of countries by level of military equipment

This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.

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(Budget is annual)

Country Military budget (US$ BN) Main battle tanks Aircraft carriersC AWSD CrE DestroyersF FrigateG CorvetteH Missile boat/GunboatI0 Patrol boatI Nuclear submarineJ SubmarineK Combat aircraftL Attack helicopterM Nuclear weaponsN
Total[1][2] 1,531 88,603 20 260 28 180 562 320 19/10 468 134 356 28,600 10,588 22,600
 Afghanistan[3] 11.5 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0
 Albania[3][4] 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 33 0 0
 Algeria 4.99 1,105 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 4 213 134 0
 Angola 2 300 0 0 68 0
 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0
 Argentina 5.6 213[5] 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 3 86 5 TC
 Armenia[6] 0.405 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 33 0
 Australia 26.9 59 0 6 0 3 12 0 0 20 0 6 96 22 0
 Austria[4] 1.8 56[7] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
 Azerbaijan 7.5 320 0 0 0 1 7 0 40 0 57 72 0
 Bangladesh[8][9][10][11] 3.91 408 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 18 0 0 63 0 0
 Bahrain[4] 0 0
 Belarus[4] 0.47 515[12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 0
 Belgium[4] 3.4 16[13] 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 69 NATO shared
 Benin 0 0
 Bolivia 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0
 Botswana 0 0
 Brazil[14][15][16][17][18][19] 27 581 1 5 0 0 9 5 0 35 0 7 223 13 TC
 Brunei 0
 Bulgaria[4] 1.4 80[20] 0 4 3 0 1 88 0
 Burkina Faso 0 0
 Myanmar[21] 7.07 800 0 5 2 0 128 100 TC
 Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cambodia 0.11 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cameroon 0[22] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0
 Canada[23][4] 21 181[24] 0 0 3 12 5 0 12 0 1 100 0 0
 Cape Verde 0 0
 Central African Republic 0 0
 Chad 60 0 0 6 0
 Chile 5.19 260[25] 0 3 0 0 8 2 0 32 0 4 68 0
 Colombia[26] 3.3 0 4 0 4 42 0
 Cote d'Ivoire 0 0
 Croatia[4] 1.09 78 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 10 0 0
 Cuba 0.2 900[27] 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 230 18 0
 Cyprus 164[28] 0 4 15 0
 Czech Republic[4] 1.16 123[29] 0 0 31 0
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 0 0 0
 Denmark[4] 2.7 57 0 0 7 0 0 8 48 0
 Djibouti 0 0
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0
 Ecuador 0.91 140 0 2 6 0 2 0
 Egypt[30][31][32][33] 5 2,497[34] 0 11 0 1 8 2 0 48 0 4 900 150 0
 El Salvador 0 3 0 0
 Equatorial Guinea 0 0
 Eritrea 0.46 700 0 0 60 21 0
 Estonia 0.44 0 3 0
 Ethiopia 0.29 400 0 0 48 0
 Finland[4] 1.93 100[35] 0 0 63 0
 France[2][3]A 62.7465 254[36] 1 8 0 1 23 15 1,000 10 0 306 36 300
 Georgia[6] 0.905 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 41
 Germany[3] 49 322[37] 0 0 3 15 2 0 0 4 423 80 NATO shared
 Greece[4] 10.39 1,462[38] 0 15 14 [39] 19/10 6 11 308 31[40] 0
 Guatemala 0.12 0 0 10 0
 Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Honduras 0 0
 Hungary[4] 0.75 128[41] 0 0 34 49 0
 Iceland 0.0037 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
 India[2][8][42][43][44][45] A 42.84 3274+[46] 2 15 0 9 15 25 0 46 2 13 1,080 140 90-110
 Indonesia 8.01 0[47] 0 87 0 25 7 6 26 21 0 5 89 50
 Iran[48][49] 10 1663+[50] 0 25 0 0 5 2 0 127 28 407 100 0
 Iraq 17.9 357 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 15 30 0
 Ireland 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
 Israel[2][51][52] 16 1,680 0 0 0 0 3 11 50 0 6 420 80 50 +?[note 1]
 Italy[3][4][53][54] 38.2 200[55] 2 3 0 4 12 8 0 0 6 320 60 NATO shared
 Japan[4][56][57][58] 51.4 777[59] 0 6 0 10 36 24 0 0 16 374 TC[60]
 Jordan 1.39 1,182[61] 0 0 101 0
 Kazakhstan 300[62] 0 0 181 0
 Kenya 154[63] 0 0 15 0
 Laos 0.55 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 0
 Latvia 0.29 0 0
 Lebanon 0.54 310 0 0 15 0
 Libya 1.3 1085 0 1 3 0 3 385 235
 Lithuania 0.65 0 3 0 2 0
 Macedonia 0.23 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
 Malaysia 4.69 64 0 4 4 0 26 2 44 0
 Mali 0 0
 Malta 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
 Mauritania 0 0
 Mexico 10.07 0[64] 0 0 2 6 7 0 0 0 58 TC
 Mongolia 0.79 420[65] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 52 0
 Morocco[66][67] 4.1 871 0 2 3 8 0 102 0
   Nepal 0.1 0 0 0 0
 Netherlands[note 2][68] 12.6 0(15)[69] 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 0 4 113 29 NATO shared
 New Zealand 1.457 1 2 0 6 0
 Niger 0 0
 Nigeria 0.73 276[70] 0 3 2 0 33 0
 North Korea[71][72] A 6[73] 3,500[74] 0 0 0 13 0 70 661 1-9
 Norway[75] 6.2 52[76] 0 3 0 6 57 0
 Oman 93 0 2 0 34 0
 Pakistan[42][77][78][79][80][81]<ref name="nuclearweapons1"/[82] A 7.8 2,501[83] 0 0 14 8 0 28 0 8 502 73 90-110[82]
 Paraguay 0.13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 People's Republic of China 166.0 6,840 1 29 0 24 47 19 236 50+ 14 51 2,800+ 355 240
 Peru 0.82 240[84] 0 1 1 8 0 6 67 0
 Philippines 2.9 0 0 11 0 0 3 11 0 59 0 0 55 33 0
 Poland 12 893[85] 0 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 112 61 TC
 Portugal 5.2 113[86] 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 17 0 2 36 0 0
 Qatar[4] 0 0
 Romania 2.9 437[87] 0 3 4 0 1 48 23 0
 Russia[2][8][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96]A 93.76 20,550[97] 1 15 5 14 5 70 0 33 17 1,900 1,655 8,500
 Rwanda 0 0 0
 Saudi Arabia[98] 39.2 918[99] 0 7 4 0 287 0
 Serbia 1.4 272 0 0 15 80 30 0
 Singapore 7.87 100 0 6 6 0 4 119 28 0
 Slovakia 0.91 20 0 0 0 12 0
 Slovenia 0.55 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 South Africa 3.9 167 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 43 11 0
 South Korea[42][100][101][102] 41.1 2,414[103] 0 18 0 12 10 28 0 83 0 18 458 0 TC
 Spain 25.5 327[104] 1 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 4 151 0
 Sri Lanka[105][106] 1.64 250 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 0
 Sudan 0.58 200 0 0 72 0
 Sweden 6.7 132[107] 0 9 0 22 5 138 0
  Switzerland 4.1 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0
 Syria[108] 1.85 3,500 0 5 7 0 3 335 0
 Taiwan[note 3] 19.2 565[109] 0 4 21 0 4 360 0
 Tanzania 96 0 0 0 0
 Thailand 12.2 283[110] 1 6 0 0 12 5 0 209 0 0 543 154 0
 Tunisia 0 0 56 0
 Turkey 25 2,504[111] 0 34 0 0 25 9 0 33 0 13 465 36 NATO shared
 Turkmenistan 0 0 83 0
 Uganda 0.1 0 0 0
 Ukraine[112][113] 2.07 1110[114] 0 1 (1) 2 1 0 188 0
 United Arab Emirates 436 0 0 80 0
 United Kingdom[3][115] A 62.7 227[116] 1 7 0 6 13 4 0 11 11 0 222 153 225
 United States[2][8][117][118][119] A 682 5,838[120] 10 30 22 62 5 2 0 71 2 3,318 6,417 7,700
 Uruguay 0.25 85 0 3 0 28 0
 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0
 Venezuela 4 173[121] 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 76 0
 Vietnam 6.2 1,270[122] 0 6 5 0 3 189 0
 Yemen 880[123] 0 2 0 168 0
 Zambia 0.04 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 6 0
 Zimbabwe 0.06 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0

States marked 'TC' are widely considered technologically capable of wielding, operating or developing nuclear weapons, however are signatories of the NPT and are not known to possess any at the current moment. Japan, South Korea, Poland, and Taiwan are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years.[124][125][126][127]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Neither confirms nor denies possession of nuclear weapons
  2. ↑ 15 tanks were for sale, but they will possibly be used for a new tank squadron in cooperation with Germany.
  3. ↑ Taiwan's political status is disputed.

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