Saudi Arabia
Global Firepower rank #25 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.4473 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI puts Saudi Arabia's 2025 military spending at $83.2 billion (estimate), 6.5% of GDP and up 1.4% on the year in real terms, ranking #8 in the world. It has no nuclear weapons of its own.
People and money
- Military spending
- $83.2B
- Active personnel
- 247K
- Reserves
- 0
- Paramilitary
- 150K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 1,085
- Armored vehicles
- 22K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 380
- Towed artillery
- 557
- Rocket artillery
- 327
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 917
- Fighters
- 283
- Attack aircraft
- 81
- Helicopters
- 264
- Attack helicopters
- 34
- Tankers
- 22
- Transports
- 49
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 32
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 0
- Submarines
- 0
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 7
- Corvettes
- 9
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 0
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Saudi Arabia with
Australia 路 Brazil 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 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)).