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Egyptvs Indonesia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a solid edge over Egypt (#19).

  • Egypt fields 11× as many tanks.
  • Egypt fields 5.9× as many fighters.
  • Indonesia spends 2.9× as much on its military.

Who leads in each area

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

$5.2B*
Military spending
$15.0B
439K
Active personnel
405K
479K
Reserves
401K
300K
Paramilitary
250K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% 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
331
55K
Armored vehicles
28K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
153
962
Towed artillery
396
648
Rocket artillery
67

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
460
242
Fighters
41
90
Attack aircraft
34
348
Helicopters
212
100
Attack helicopters
15
0
Tankers
1
53
Transports
73

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
338
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
4
0
Destroyers
0
13
Frigates
10
7
Corvettes
26

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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