Australiavs Ukraine
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Australia (#17) holds a narrow edge over Ukraine (#20).
- Australia has submarines; Ukraine has none.
- Australia has destroyers; Ukraine has none.
- Ukraine fields 24× as many tanks.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyUkraine leads 4 of 4
- Land forcesUkraine leads 5 of 5
- Air powerAustralia leads 4 of 7
- Naval forcesAustralia leads 4 of 7
- 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
$84.1B59K
Active personnel
900K33K
Reserves
4M0
Paramilitary
100KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
46
Tanks
1,12117K
Armored vehicles
45K0
Self-propelled artillery
68248
Towed artillery
6258
Rocket artillery
288Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
348
Total aircraft
34724
Fighters
8871
Attack aircraft
3072
Helicopters
14022
Attack helicopters
396
Tankers
037
Transports
22Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
45
Total fleet
1690
Aircraft carriers
02
Helicopter carriers
06
Submarines
03
Destroyers
07
Frigates
00
Corvettes
0Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
00
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: Australia and Ukraine. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.