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Australiavs Spain

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Australia (#17) holds a narrow edge over Spain (#18).

  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Australia has none.
  • Australia has destroyers; Spain has none.
  • Spain fields 6.5× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneySpain leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesSpain leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerSpain leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 3–3
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$35.3B
Military spending
$40.2B
59K
Active personnel
122K
33K
Reserves
24K
0
Paramilitary
78K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

46
Tanks
298
17K
Armored vehicles
49K
0
Self-propelled artillery
96
48
Towed artillery
188
8
Rocket artillery
0

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
440
24
Fighters
136
71
Attack aircraft
12
72
Helicopters
169
22
Attack helicopters
17
6
Tankers
0
37
Transports
51

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
175
0
Aircraft carriers
1
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
2
3
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
11
0
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Australia and Spain. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.