Brazil
Global Firepower rank #11 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.2374 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI puts Brazil's 2025 military spending at $23.9 billion, 1.6% of GDP and up 13% on the year in real terms, ranking #21 in the world. It has no nuclear weapons of its own.
People and money
- Military spending
- $23.9B
- Active personnel
- 376K
- Reserves
- 1.34M
- Paramilitary
- 200K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 294
- Armored vehicles
- 22K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 149
- Towed artillery
- 412
- Rocket artillery
- 82
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 495
- Fighters
- 44
- Attack aircraft
- 30
- Helicopters
- 186
- Attack helicopters
- 0
- Tankers
- 0
- Transports
- 107
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 69
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 1
- Submarines
- 6
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 8
- Corvettes
- 2
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 0
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Brazil with
Australia 路 China 路 Egypt 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Iran 路 Israel 路 Italy 路 Japan 路 North Korea 路 Pakistan 路 Poland 路 Russia 路 Saudi Arabia 路 South Korea 路 Spain 路 Taiwan 路 Turkey 路 Ukraine 路 United Kingdom 路 United States
Last updated 2026-10-27. Sources: Global Firepower 2026 (personnel, equipment counts, powerindex), SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026) (military spending, share of gdp), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces (nuclear warheads (jan 2026)).