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Brazilvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a solid edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Brazil has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine fields 3.8× as many tanks.
  • Ukraine spends 3.5× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerBrazil leads 3 of 7
  4. Naval forcesBrazil leads 4 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
$84.1B
376K
Active personnel
900K
1.34M
Reserves
4M
200K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
1,121
22K
Armored vehicles
45K
149
Self-propelled artillery
682
412
Towed artillery
625
82
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
347
44
Fighters
88
30
Attack aircraft
30
186
Helicopters
140
0
Attack helicopters
39
0
Tankers
0
107
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
0
2
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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