MilitaryCompare / Italy vs Australia
Italy vs Australia
Italy ranks #12 and Australia ranks #20 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Italy spends $48.1B on defense with 160K active personnel; Australia spends $35.3B with 59K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #12 | Global Rank | #20 |
| $48.1B | Defense Budget | $35.3B |
| 1.9% | Budget % of GDP | 1.9% |
| $2.55T | GDP | $1.80T |
| 58.92M | Population | 27.61M |
| Personnel | ||
| 160K | Active Personnel | 59K |
| 14K | Reserve Personnel | 21K |
| 179K | Paramilitary | 0 |
| Air | ||
| 1,006 | Military Aircraft | 326 |
| 205 | Combat Aircraft | 96 |
| 182 | Fighter Jets | 96 |
| 57 | 5th Gen Fighters | 72 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 585 | Helicopters | 50 |
| 39 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 32 | Military Drones (UAV) | 20 |
| Land | ||
| 113 | Main Battle Tanks | 46 |
| 833 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 0 |
| 4,515 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 1,219 |
| 214 | Artillery Systems | 62 |
| Naval | ||
| 8 | Submarines | 6 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 2 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 2 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Italy leads in 16 of the 19 measured categories, Australia in 3. 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.