MilitaryCompare / Japan vs Italy
Japan vs Italy
Japan ranks #10 and Italy ranks #12 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Japan spends $62.2B on defense with 247K active personnel; Italy spends $48.1B with 160K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #10 | Global Rank | #12 |
| $62.2B | Defense Budget | $48.1B |
| 1.4% | Budget % of GDP | 1.9% |
| $4.44T | GDP | $2.55T |
| 123.37M | Population | 58.92M |
| Personnel | ||
| 247K | Active Personnel | 160K |
| 56K | Reserve Personnel | 14K |
| 15K | Paramilitary | 179K |
| Air | ||
| 1,214 | Military Aircraft | 1,006 |
| 264 | Combat Aircraft | 205 |
| 264 | Fighter Jets | 182 |
| 47 | 5th Gen Fighters | 57 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 488 | Helicopters | 585 |
| 83 | Attack Helicopters | 39 |
| 43 | Military Drones (UAV) | 32 |
| Land | ||
| 340 | Main Battle Tanks | 113 |
| 70 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 833 |
| 766 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 4,515 |
| 772 | Artillery Systems | 214 |
| Naval | ||
| 22 | Submarines | 8 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 2 | Aircraft Carriers | 2 |
| 2 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Japan leads in 13 of the 18 measured categories, Italy 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.