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Brazilvs Israel

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a narrow edge over Israel (#15).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Brazil has none.
  • Israel fields 5.4× as many fighters.
  • Israel fields 4.4× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyBrazil leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerIsrael leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 2–2
  5. Nuclear weaponsIsrael leads 1 of 2

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
$48.3B
376K
Active personnel
170K
1.34M
Reserves
465K
200K
Paramilitary
35K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Israel: 7.8% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
1,300
22K
Armored vehicles
62K
149
Self-propelled artillery
323
412
Towed artillery
171
82
Rocket artillery
228

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
597
44
Fighters
239
30
Attack aircraft
45
186
Helicopters
127
0
Attack helicopters
48
0
Tankers
13
107
Transports
14

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
82
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
6
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
0
2
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
90
0
Deployed warheads
0

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