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Spainvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Spain (#18) holds a narrow edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Ukraine has none.
  • Spain has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine has 7.4× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerSpain leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesSpain 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.

$40.2B
Military spending
$84.1B
122K
Active personnel
900K
24K
Reserves
4M
78K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Spain: 2.1% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

298
Tanks
1,121
49K
Armored vehicles
45K
96
Self-propelled artillery
682
188
Towed artillery
625
0
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

440
Total aircraft
347
136
Fighters
88
12
Attack aircraft
30
169
Helicopters
140
17
Attack helicopters
39
0
Tankers
0
51
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

175
Total fleet
169
1
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
2
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
11
Frigates
0
0
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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