Indiavs Spain
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, India (#4) holds a solid edge over Spain (#18).
- India has nuclear weapons; Spain has none.
- India has destroyers; Spain has none.
- India fields 13× as many tanks.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndia leads 4 of 4
- Land forcesIndia leads 5 of 5
- Air powerIndia leads 7 of 7
- Naval forcesIndia leads 6 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsIndia 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.
$92.1B
Military spending
$40.2B1.43M
Active personnel
122K1M
Reserves
24K2.53M
Paramilitary
78KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (India: 2.3% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
3,913
Tanks
298164K
Armored vehicles
49K100
Self-propelled artillery
965,640
Towed artillery
188300
Rocket artillery
0Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
2,183
Total aircraft
440476
Fighters
136124
Attack aircraft
12594
Helicopters
16979
Attack helicopters
176
Tankers
0277
Transports
51Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
343
Total fleet
1752
Aircraft carriers
10
Helicopter carriers
018
Submarines
213
Destroyers
018
Frigates
1121
Corvettes
0Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
190
Warheads
012
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: India and Spain. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.