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Germanyvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a solid edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Germany has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine has 4.9× as many active troops.
  • Ukraine fields 3.8× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerGermany leads 7 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
$84.1B
184K
Active personnel
900K
860K
Reserves
4M
0
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

296
Tanks
1,121
87K
Armored vehicles
45K
134
Self-propelled artillery
682
0
Towed artillery
625
33
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

569
Total aircraft
347
127
Fighters
88
63
Attack aircraft
30
292
Helicopters
140
49
Attack helicopters
39
3
Tankers
0
55
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

96
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
11
Frigates
0
6
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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