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Brazilvs Egypt

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a solid edge over Egypt (#19).

  • Egypt fields 12× as many tanks.
  • Egypt fields 5.5× as many fighters.
  • Brazil spends 4.6× as much on its military.

Who leads in each area

  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesEgypt leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerEgypt leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEgypt leads 5 of 7
  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.

$23.9B
Military spending
$5.2B*
376K
Active personnel
439K
1.34M
Reserves
479K
200K
Paramilitary
300K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP). * SIPRI publishes no figure for this country, so the Global Firepower budget estimate is shown instead.

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
3,620
22K
Armored vehicles
55K
149
Self-propelled artillery
1,056
412
Towed artillery
962
82
Rocket artillery
648

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
1,088
44
Fighters
242
30
Attack aircraft
90
186
Helicopters
348
0
Attack helicopters
100
0
Tankers
0
107
Transports
53

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
149
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
2
6
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
13
2
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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