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Turkeyvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Turkey (#9) holds a solid edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Turkey has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Turkey fields 3.2× as many total aircraft.
  • Ukraine spends 2.8× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesTurkey leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerTurkey leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTurkey 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.

$30.0B
Military spending
$84.1B
481K
Active personnel
900K
380K
Reserves
4M
150K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Turkey: 1.9% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

2,284
Tanks
1,121
98K
Armored vehicles
45K
1,045
Self-propelled artillery
682
635
Towed artillery
625
237
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,101
Total aircraft
347
201
Fighters
88
0
Attack aircraft
30
509
Helicopters
140
111
Attack helicopters
39
7
Tankers
0
84
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

192
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
14
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
17
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: Turkey and Ukraine. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.