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Israel vs Taiwan
Israel ranks #7 and Taiwan ranks #15 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Israel spends $48.3B on defense with 170K active personnel; Taiwan spends $18.2B with 171K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #7 | Global Rank | #15 |
| $48.3B | Defense Budget | $18.2B |
| 7.8% | Budget % of GDP | 2.1% |
| $611B | GDP | $921B |
| 10.12M | Population | 23.30M |
| Personnel | ||
| 170K | Active Personnel | 171K |
| 465K | Reserve Personnel | 1.66M |
| 8K | Paramilitary | 12K |
| Air | ||
| 599 | Military Aircraft | 1,052 |
| 287 | Combat Aircraft | 259 |
| 287 | Fighter Jets | 259 |
| 48 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 126 | Helicopters | 239 |
| 48 | Attack Helicopters | 90 |
| 0 | Military Drones (UAV) | 361 |
| Land | ||
| 400 | Main Battle Tanks | 1,018 |
| 0 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 0 |
| 5,890 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 2,443 |
| 280 | Artillery Systems | 0 |
| Naval | ||
| 6 | Submarines | 4 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 90 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| 3 | Ballistic Missile Systems | 1 |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| 4 | Cruise Missile Systems | 4 |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | 0 |
| 6,500 km | Longest Missile Range | 600 km |
Israel leads in 11 of the 19 measured categories, Taiwan in 8. 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.