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Indonesiavs Israel

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a narrow edge over Israel (#15).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Indonesia has none.
  • Israel fields 5.8× as many fighters.
  • Indonesia has 4.1× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerIsrael leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndonesia leads 3 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsIsrael leads 1 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$48.3B
405K
Active personnel
170K
401K
Reserves
465K
250K
Paramilitary
35K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Israel: 7.8% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
1,300
28K
Armored vehicles
62K
153
Self-propelled artillery
323
396
Towed artillery
171
67
Rocket artillery
228

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
597
41
Fighters
239
34
Attack aircraft
45
212
Helicopters
127
15
Attack helicopters
48
1
Tankers
13
73
Transports
14

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
82
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
6
0
Destroyers
0
10
Frigates
0
26
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
90
0
Deployed warheads
0

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