Iran
Global Firepower rank #16 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.3199 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI puts Iran's 2025 military spending at $7.4 billion, 2.1% of GDP and down 5.6% on the year in real terms, ranking #38 in the world. It has no nuclear weapons of its own.
People and money
- Military spending
- $7.4B
- Active personnel
- 610K
- Reserves
- 350K
- Paramilitary
- 220K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 2,675
- Armored vehicles
- 76K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 424
- Towed artillery
- 1,803
- Rocket artillery
- 1,550
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 551
- Fighters
- 188
- Attack aircraft
- 21
- Helicopters
- 129
- Attack helicopters
- 13
- Tankers
- 6
- Transports
- 86
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 109
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 0
- Submarines
- 25
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 7
- Corvettes
- 3
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 0
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Iran with
Australia 路 Brazil 路 China 路 Egypt 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Israel 路 Italy 路 Japan 路 North Korea 路 Pakistan 路 Poland 路 Russia 路 Saudi Arabia 路 South Korea 路 Spain 路 Taiwan 路 Turkey 路 Ukraine 路 United Kingdom 路 United States
Last updated 2026-10-27. Sources: Global Firepower 2026 (personnel, equipment counts, powerindex), SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026) (military spending, share of gdp), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces (nuclear warheads (jan 2026)).