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Brazilvs Spain

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a solid edge over Spain (#18).

  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Brazil has none.
  • Spain fields 3.1× as many fighters.
  • Brazil has 3.1× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyBrazil leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesBrazil leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerBrazil leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 3–3
  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
$40.2B
376K
Active personnel
122K
1.34M
Reserves
24K
200K
Paramilitary
78K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
298
22K
Armored vehicles
49K
149
Self-propelled artillery
96
412
Towed artillery
188
82
Rocket artillery
0

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
440
44
Fighters
136
30
Attack aircraft
12
186
Helicopters
169
0
Attack helicopters
17
0
Tankers
0
107
Transports
51

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
175
0
Aircraft carriers
1
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
2
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
11
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 Spain. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.