Israel
Global Firepower rank #15 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.2707 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI puts Israel's 2025 military spending at $48.3 billion, 7.8% of GDP and down 4.9% on the year in real terms, ranking #11 in the world. It is a nuclear-armed state with an estimated 90 warheads in its military stockpile (SIPRI, January 2026).
People and money
- Military spending
- $48.3B
- Active personnel
- 170K
- Reserves
- 465K
- Paramilitary
- 35K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 1,300
- Armored vehicles
- 62K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 323
- Towed artillery
- 171
- Rocket artillery
- 228
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 597
- Fighters
- 239
- Attack aircraft
- 45
- Helicopters
- 127
- Attack helicopters
- 48
- Tankers
- 13
- Transports
- 14
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 82
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 0
- Submarines
- 6
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 0
- Corvettes
- 7
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 90
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Israel with
Australia 路 Brazil 路 China 路 Egypt 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Iran 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)).