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Egyptvs United Kingdom

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, the United Kingdom (#8) holds a solid edge over Egypt (#19).

  • The United Kingdom has nuclear weapons; Egypt has none.
  • The United Kingdom has aircraft carriers; Egypt has none.
  • The United Kingdom has destroyers; Egypt has none.
  1. People and moneyEgypt leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesEgypt leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerEgypt leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEgypt leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsUnited Kingdom leads 2 of 2

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.

$5.2B*
Military spending
$89.0B
439K
Active personnel
141K
479K
Reserves
32K
300K
Paramilitary
0

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (United Kingdom: 2.4% 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.

3,620
Tanks
288
55K
Armored vehicles
94K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
14
962
Towed artillery
126
648
Rocket artillery
43

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
625
242
Fighters
103
90
Attack aircraft
38
348
Helicopters
262
100
Attack helicopters
50
0
Tankers
9
53
Transports
30

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
116
0
Aircraft carriers
2
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
10
0
Destroyers
6
13
Frigates
7
7
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
225
0
Deployed warheads
120

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