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Italyvs Taiwan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Italy (#10) holds a solid edge over Taiwan (#22).

  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Taiwan has none.
  • Taiwan fields 5.4× as many tanks.
  • Italy has 3.1× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesTaiwan leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerItaly leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 3–3
  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.

$48.1B
Military spending
$18.2B
166K
Active personnel
230K
18K
Reserves
1.66M
105K
Paramilitary
55K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Italy: 1.9% of GDP; Taiwan: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

203
Tanks
1,090
87K
Armored vehicles
24K
64
Self-propelled artillery
488
108
Towed artillery
1,360
21
Rocket artillery
223

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

714
Total aircraft
720
88
Fighters
258
65
Attack aircraft
0
352
Helicopters
239
37
Attack helicopters
91
8
Tankers
0
31
Transports
19

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

285
Total fleet
91
2
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
4
3
Destroyers
4
14
Frigates
21
0
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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