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Indonesiavs Italy

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Italy (#10) holds a narrow edge over Indonesia (#13).

  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Indonesia has none.
  • Italy has destroyers; Indonesia has none.
  • Italy spends 3.2× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIndonesia leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerItaly leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesItaly leads 4 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$48.1B
405K
Active personnel
166K
401K
Reserves
18K
250K
Paramilitary
105K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Italy: 1.9% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
203
28K
Armored vehicles
87K
153
Self-propelled artillery
64
396
Towed artillery
108
67
Rocket artillery
21

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
714
41
Fighters
88
34
Attack aircraft
65
212
Helicopters
352
15
Attack helicopters
37
1
Tankers
8
73
Transports
31

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
285
0
Aircraft carriers
2
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
3
10
Frigates
14
26
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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