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Saudi Arabiavs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Ukraine (#20) holds a narrow edge over Saudi Arabia (#25).

  • Ukraine has 5.3× as many naval vessels.
  • Ukraine has 3.6× as many active troops.
  • Saudi Arabia fields 3.2× as many fighters.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerSaudi Arabia leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesSaudi Arabia leads 2 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.

$83.2B
Military spending
$84.1B
247K
Active personnel
900K
0
Reserves
4M
150K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Saudi Arabia: 6.5% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

1,085
Tanks
1,121
22K
Armored vehicles
45K
380
Self-propelled artillery
682
557
Towed artillery
625
327
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

917
Total aircraft
347
283
Fighters
88
81
Attack aircraft
30
264
Helicopters
140
34
Attack helicopters
39
22
Tankers
0
49
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

32
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
0
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
0
9
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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