MilitaryCompare / Iran vs Spain
Iran vs Spain
Iran ranks #18 and Spain ranks #21 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Iran spends $7.4B on defense with 610K active personnel; Spain spends $40.2B with 122K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #18 | Global Rank | #21 |
| $7.4B | Defense Budget | $40.2B |
| 2.1% | Budget % of GDP | 2.1% |
| $363B | GDP | $1.91T |
| 92.42M | Population | 49.36M |
| Personnel | ||
| 610K | Active Personnel | 122K |
| 350K | Reserve Personnel | 14K |
| 40K | Paramilitary | 87K |
| Air | ||
| 1,402 | Military Aircraft | 412 |
| 245 | Combat Aircraft | 200 |
| 213 | Fighter Jets | 116 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 14 |
| 124 | Helicopters | 87 |
| 11 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 750 | Military Drones (UAV) | 12 |
| Land | ||
| 1,513 | Main Battle Tanks | 274 |
| 610 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 225 |
| 640 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 2,063 |
| 3,798 | Artillery Systems | 234 |
| Naval | ||
| 4 | Submarines | 2 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 1 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| 9 | Ballistic Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | — |
| 3 | Cruise Missile Systems | — |
| 1 | Hypersonic Systems | — |
| 3,000 km | Longest Missile Range | — |
Iran leads in 13 of the 18 measured categories, Spain in 5. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.