MilitaryCompare / Spain vs Ukraine
Spain vs Ukraine
Spain ranks #21 and Ukraine ranks #22 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Spain spends $40.2B on defense with 122K active personnel; Ukraine spends $84.1B with 677K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #21 | Global Rank | #22 |
| $40.2B | Defense Budget | $84.1B |
| 2.1% | Budget % of GDP | 40.0% |
| $1.91T | GDP | $214B |
| 49.36M | Population | 38.98M |
| Personnel | ||
| 122K | Active Personnel | 677K |
| 14K | Reserve Personnel | 0 |
| 87K | Paramilitary | 260K |
| Air | ||
| 412 | Military Aircraft | 417 |
| 200 | Combat Aircraft | 143 |
| 116 | Fighter Jets | 113 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 14 | Bombers | 0 |
| 87 | Helicopters | 164 |
| 0 | Attack Helicopters | 39 |
| 12 | Military Drones (UAV) | 0 |
| Land | ||
| 274 | Main Battle Tanks | 1,085 |
| 225 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 1,728 |
| 2,063 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 10,864 |
| 234 | Artillery Systems | 258 |
| Naval | ||
| 2 | Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 1 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Ukraine leads in 10 of the 18 measured categories, Spain 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.