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Brazilvs Italy

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Italy (#10) holds a narrow edge over Brazil (#11).

  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Brazil has none.
  • Italy has destroyers; Brazil has none.
  • Italy has 4.1× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyBrazil leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesBrazil leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerItaly leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesItaly leads 5 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
$48.1B
376K
Active personnel
166K
1.34M
Reserves
18K
200K
Paramilitary
105K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Italy: 1.9% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
203
22K
Armored vehicles
87K
149
Self-propelled artillery
64
412
Towed artillery
108
82
Rocket artillery
21

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
714
44
Fighters
88
30
Attack aircraft
65
186
Helicopters
352
0
Attack helicopters
37
0
Tankers
8
107
Transports
31

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
285
0
Aircraft carriers
2
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
3
8
Frigates
14
2
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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