Spain

Europe & Central Asia · Madrid

Rank #24 of 173

67.0Strength score

Photos

Spanish Army soldiers carry the remains of soldiers — Spanish Army soldiers carry the remains of soldiersisafmedia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Airmen Tour Navy Ship (7586637) — Airmen Tour Navy Ship (7586637)U.S. Navy NSRS by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hutch Johnson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and US Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over Finland — Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and US Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over FinlandPeng Chen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance89
Air power65
Manpower80
Land forces72
Naval power61
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $40.2B #15
Budget as % of GDP: 2.13% #64
Spending per person: $815 #32
GDP: $1.91T #12
Population: 49,355,143 #32

Manpower

Active personnel: 122,200 #48
Reserve personnel: 13,800 #37
Paramilitary: 87,450 #20
Total personnel: 223,450 #38

Land forces

Tanks: 274 #31
Armoured vehicles: 2,374 #10
Self-propelled artillery: 96 #27
Towed artillery: 138 #32
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 0

Air power

Total aircraft: 524 #24
Fighter jets: 178 #17
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 77 #11
Helicopters: 188 #26
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 35 #38
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 1 #12
Submarines: 2 #33
Destroyers: —
Frigates: 11 #12
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 21 #32

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
27Ukraine65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗