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Turkey vs Italy
Turkey ranks #11 and Italy ranks #12 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Turkey spends $30.0B on defense with 355K active personnel; Italy spends $48.1B with 160K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #11 | Global Rank | #12 |
| $30.0B | Defense Budget | $48.1B |
| 1.9% | Budget % of GDP | 1.9% |
| $1.60T | GDP | $2.55T |
| 85.88M | Population | 58.92M |
| Personnel | ||
| 355K | Active Personnel | 160K |
| 379K | Reserve Personnel | 14K |
| 161K | Paramilitary | 179K |
| Air | ||
| 1,116 | Military Aircraft | 1,006 |
| 265 | Combat Aircraft | 205 |
| 265 | Fighter Jets | 182 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 57 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 431 | Helicopters | 585 |
| 58 | Attack Helicopters | 39 |
| 61 | Military Drones (UAV) | 32 |
| Land | ||
| 2,318 | Main Battle Tanks | 113 |
| 645 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 833 |
| 9,177 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 4,515 |
| 938 | Artillery Systems | 214 |
| Naval | ||
| 13 | Submarines | 8 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 2 |
| 1 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Turkey leads in 13 of the 19 measured categories, Italy in 6. 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.