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Germanyvs Saudi Arabia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a solid edge over Saudi Arabia (#25).

  • Germany has submarines; Saudi Arabia has none.
  • Saudi Arabia fields 3.7× as many tanks.
  • Germany has 3× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesSaudi Arabia leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerSaudi Arabia leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesGermany leads 3 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.

$114B
Military spending
$83.2B
184K
Active personnel
247K
860K
Reserves
0
0
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; Saudi Arabia: 6.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

296
Tanks
1,085
87K
Armored vehicles
22K
134
Self-propelled artillery
380
0
Towed artillery
557
33
Rocket artillery
327

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

569
Total aircraft
917
127
Fighters
283
63
Attack aircraft
81
292
Helicopters
264
49
Attack helicopters
34
3
Tankers
22
55
Transports
49

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

96
Total fleet
32
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
11
Frigates
7
6
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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