MilitaryCompare / Italy vs Iran
Italy vs Iran
Italy ranks #12 and Iran ranks #18 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Italy spends $48.1B on defense with 160K active personnel; Iran spends $7.4B with 610K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #12 | Global Rank | #18 |
| $48.1B | Defense Budget | $7.4B |
| 1.9% | Budget % of GDP | 2.1% |
| $2.55T | GDP | $363B |
| 58.92M | Population | 92.42M |
| Personnel | ||
| 160K | Active Personnel | 610K |
| 14K | Reserve Personnel | 350K |
| 179K | Paramilitary | 40K |
| Air | ||
| 1,006 | Military Aircraft | 1,402 |
| 205 | Combat Aircraft | 245 |
| 182 | Fighter Jets | 213 |
| 57 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 585 | Helicopters | 124 |
| 39 | Attack Helicopters | 11 |
| 32 | Military Drones (UAV) | 750 |
| Land | ||
| 113 | Main Battle Tanks | 1,513 |
| 833 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 610 |
| 4,515 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 640 |
| 214 | Artillery Systems | 3,798 |
| Naval | ||
| 8 | Submarines | 4 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 2 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| — | Ballistic Missile Systems | 9 |
| — | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| — | Cruise Missile Systems | 3 |
| — | Hypersonic Systems | 1 |
| — | Longest Missile Range | 3,000 km |
Italy leads in 10 of the 18 measured categories, Iran 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.