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Israelvs Saudi Arabia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Israel (#15) holds a solid edge over Saudi Arabia (#25).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Saudi Arabia has none.
  • Israel has submarines; Saudi Arabia has none.
  • Israel has 2.6× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneySaudi Arabia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesSaudi Arabia leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerSaudi Arabia leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 2–2
  5. Nuclear weaponsIsrael leads 1 of 2

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.

$48.3B
Military spending
$83.2B
170K
Active personnel
247K
465K
Reserves
0
35K
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Israel: 7.8% of GDP; Saudi Arabia: 6.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

1,300
Tanks
1,085
62K
Armored vehicles
22K
323
Self-propelled artillery
380
171
Towed artillery
557
228
Rocket artillery
327

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

597
Total aircraft
917
239
Fighters
283
45
Attack aircraft
81
127
Helicopters
264
48
Attack helicopters
34
13
Tankers
22
14
Transports
49

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

82
Total fleet
32
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
0
Frigates
7
7
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

90
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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