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Brazilvs Indonesia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a narrow edge over Indonesia (#13).

  • Indonesia has 4.9× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesIndonesia leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerIndonesia leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndonesia leads 3 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.

$23.9B
Military spending
$15.0B
376K
Active personnel
405K
1.34M
Reserves
401K
200K
Paramilitary
250K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Indonesia: 1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
331
22K
Armored vehicles
28K
149
Self-propelled artillery
153
412
Towed artillery
396
82
Rocket artillery
67

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
460
44
Fighters
41
30
Attack aircraft
34
186
Helicopters
212
0
Attack helicopters
15
0
Tankers
1
107
Transports
73

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
338
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
4
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
10
2
Corvettes
26

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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