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Egyptvs Germany

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a solid edge over Egypt (#19).

  • Germany spends 22× as much on its military.
  • Egypt fields 12× as many tanks.
  • Egypt has 2.4× as many active troops.

Who leads in each area

  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesEgypt leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerEgypt leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEgypt 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.

$5.2B*
Military spending
$114B
439K
Active personnel
184K
479K
Reserves
860K
300K
Paramilitary
0

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP). * SIPRI publishes no figure for this country, so the Global Firepower budget estimate is shown instead.

Land forces

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

3,620
Tanks
296
55K
Armored vehicles
87K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
134
962
Towed artillery
0
648
Rocket artillery
33

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
569
242
Fighters
127
90
Attack aircraft
63
348
Helicopters
292
100
Attack helicopters
49
0
Tankers
3
53
Transports
55

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
96
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
6
0
Destroyers
0
13
Frigates
11
7
Corvettes
6

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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