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Indonesiavs Spain

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a narrow edge over Spain (#18).

  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Indonesia has none.
  • Indonesia has 3.3× as many active troops.
  • Spain fields 3.3× as many fighters.
  1. People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIndonesia leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerIndonesia leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndonesia 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$40.2B
405K
Active personnel
122K
401K
Reserves
24K
250K
Paramilitary
78K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
298
28K
Armored vehicles
49K
153
Self-propelled artillery
96
396
Towed artillery
188
67
Rocket artillery
0

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
440
41
Fighters
136
34
Attack aircraft
12
212
Helicopters
169
15
Attack helicopters
17
1
Tankers
0
73
Transports
51

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
175
0
Aircraft carriers
1
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
2
0
Destroyers
0
10
Frigates
11
26
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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