2026 World Air Power & Combat Aviation Rankings

Definitive inventory of global military aviation. Compare 5th-gen and 4th-gen fighter jets, dedicated ground-attack aircraft, attack helicopters, military transports, and aerial tankers.

💡 Air superiority relies on 5th-generation stealth fighters (F-35, F-22, J-20, Su-57), airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), and unmanned loyal wingmen.

Tank & Armored Vehicle Power Air Power & Combat Aviation Naval Fleet & Maritime Power Submarine Fleet Aircraft Carrier & Flat-Top Standing Armies & Military Personnel Military Spending & Defense Budget Nuclear Weapons & Warhead Stockpiles

#2 Rank

Russia

4.237

★ #1 GLOBAL LEADER

United States

13.209

#3 Rank

China

3.529

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Rank	Country	Total Aircraft ▼	Fighter Jets ⇅	Dedicated Attack ⇅	Attack Helicopters ⇅	Transports / Cargo ⇅	Special Mission / AEW ⇅	Aerial Tankers ⇅	Action
#1	United States	13.209	1.745	902	998	893	595	594	Profile
#2	Russia	4.237	840	681	541	447	134	18	Profile
#3	China	3.529	1.406	361	273	280	102	9	Profile
#4	India	2.296	552	144	92	321	83	7	Profile
#5	South Korea	1.540	236	95	110	39	34	4	Profile
#6	Pakistan	1.434	317	86	53	60	26	4	Profile
#7	Japan	1.429	215	47	117	52	134	10	Profile
#8	Egypt	1.088	242	90	100	53	11	0	Profile
#9	Turkey	1.069	196	0	108	82	26	7	Profile
#10	France	974	219	0	66	116	43	15	Profile
#11	Saudi Arabia	917	283	81	34	49	16	22	Profile
#12	Italy	850	88	65	37	31	22	8	Profile
#13	North Korea	837	341	114	20	1	0	0	Profile
#14	Taiwan	744	248	0	88	18	17	0	Profile
#15	United Kingdom	664	96	35	47	28	27	8	Profile
#16	Algeria	620	111	42	74	63	10	4	Profile
#17	Germany	617	124	61	48	54	26	3	Profile
#18	Israel	597	236	44	47	14	19	13	Profile
#19	United Arab Emirates	570	95	38	29	34	26	5	Profile
#20	Greece	560	174	0	27	17	8	0	Profile
#21	Iran	551	191	21	13	87	10	6	Profile
#22	Brazil	495	42	29	53	103	24	0	Profile
#23	Thailand	488	64	23	6	45	22	0	Profile
#24	Indonesia	460	38	32	14	69	14	1	Profile
#25	Poland	457	57	12	29	44	11	0	Profile
#26	Spain	440	124	11	15	46	7	0	Profile
#27	Colombia	430	14	22	69	74	24	1	Profile
#28	Mexico	424	2	30	49	38	24	0	Profile
#29	Iraq	360	24	33	36	14	16	0	Profile
#30	Australia	355	24	71	22	37	31	6	Profile
#31	Canada	354	62	0	41	27	32	6	Profile
#32	Myanmar	331	69	20	9	33	5	0	Profile
#33	Angola	285	67	6	14	32	2	0	Profile
#34	Morocco	271	84	0	6	31	4	2	Profile
#35	Vietnam	265	62	0	30	6	3	0	Profile
#36	Qatar	263	115	6	24	12	0	0	Profile
#37	Jordan	260	41	9	41	11	10	0	Profile
#38	Peru	252	14	21	15	37	11	0	Profile
#39	Singapore	248	98	0	19	9	9	11	Profile
#40	Argentina	245	23	11	28	25	13	2	Profile
#41	Ukraine	235	86	29	38	21	5	0	Profile
#42	Venezuela	224	28	0	9	44	3	1	Profile
#43	Bangladesh	220	41	0	20	17	4	0	Profile
#44	Chile	218	44	0	25	32	18	5	Profile
#45	Philippines	204	0	17	6	23	11	0	Profile
#46	Belarus	198	43	50	31	4	0	0	Profile
#47	Malaysia	185	24	11	12	14	6	4	Profile
#48	Uzbekistan	185	26	13	34	12	0	0	Profile
#49	Sudan	183	37	36	35	13	0	0	Profile
#50	South Africa	181	2	0	10	11	0	0	Profile
#51	Nigeria	172	14	24	15	12	12	0	Profile
#52	Sweden	172	73	0	15	6	3	1	Profile
#53	Kazakhstan	168	37	13	12	21	0	0	Profile
#54	Finland	162	51	0	7	11	1	0	Profile
#55	Azerbaijan	155	12	20	16	4	0	0	Profile
#56	Kenya	154	17	0	2	21	2	0	Profile
#57	Romania	148	28	0	19	12	2	0	Profile
#58	Tunisia	142	10	0	30	12	4	0	Profile
#59	Switzerland	141	40	0	11	16	3	0	Profile
#60	Afghanistan	135	0	0	0	2	0	0	Profile
#61	Netherlands	130	0	38	16	4	0	0	Profile
#62	Oman	128	29	10	9	9	4	0	Profile
#63	Portugal	128	27	5	10	19	16	4	Profile
#64	Denmark	122	26	19	10	4	3	0	Profile
#65	Ecuador	118	0	0	12	19	8	0	Profile
#66	Serbia	118	11	17	4	3	0	0	Profile
#67	Kuwait	115	47	0	16	2	0	3	Profile
#68	Bahrain	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#69	Norway	112	0	43	10	4	5	0	Profile
#70	Belgium	108	44	12	4	7	0	0	Profile
#71	Turkmenistan	105	22	27	10	5	0	0	Profile
#72	Ethiopia	104	26	0	7	9	0	0	Profile
#73	Syria	104	51	5	7	2	0	0	Profile
#74	Czechia	103	12	16	4	10	2	0	Profile
#75	Austria	95	15	0	12	11	0	0	Profile
#76	Sri Lanka	90	7	0	9	17	3	0	Profile
#77	Libya	83	10	1	4	12	0	0	Profile
#78	Dominican Republic	80	0	7	13	10	1	0	Profile
#79	Zimbabwe	80	9	9	6	14	0	0	Profile
#80	Zambia	78	0	0	9	13	0	0	Profile
#81	Lebanon	75	0	8	19	0	0	0	Profile
#82	Bolivia	72	0	0	9	15	2	0	Profile
#83	Bulgaria	71	11	5	4	6	0	0	Profile
#84	Armenia	69	4	14	20	3	0	0	Profile
#85	Croatia	67	11	0	9	0	0	0	Profile
#86	Georgia	61	0	5	11	2	0	0	Profile
#87	DR Congo	56	0	6	9	10	0	0	Profile
#88	Uganda	52	6	0	6	3	0	0	Profile
#89	El Salvador	51	0	14	7	3	0	0	Profile
#90	Paraguay	49	0	4	5	12	1	0	Profile
#91	Hungary	48	12	0	8	3	0	0	Profile
#92	New Zealand	47	0	0	6	7	6	0	Profile
#93	Botswana	45	10	0	4	9	0	0	Profile
#94	Honduras	45	6	7	3	10	1	0	Profile
#95	Chad	42	0	7	3	7	2	0	Profile
#96	Slovenia	40	0	0	4	5	0	0	Profile
#97	Mali	38	9	12	8	8	1	0	Profile
#98	Panama	38	0	0	6	13	2	0	Profile
#99	Tanzania	38	11	0	4	6	0	0	Profile
#100	Slovakia	36	7	0	6	7	1	0	Profile
#101	Cameroon	35	0	0	6	6	2	0	Profile
#102	Guatemala	35	0	3	6	10	2	0	Profile
#103	Nepal	35	0	0	3	7	0	0	Profile
#104	Burkina Faso	32	0	3	5	2	2	0	Profile
#105	Senegal	32	0	0	4	4	1	0	Profile
#106	Namibia	30	11	0	2	5	0	0	Profile
#107	Laos	29	0	0	6	2	0	0	Profile
#108	Uruguay	28	0	6	3	6	5	2	Profile
#109	Albania	26	0	0	5	1	0	0	Profile
#110	Gabon	25	6	0	4	3	0	0	Profile
#111	Tajikistan	25	0	0	6	1	0	0	Profile
#112	Yemen	25	68	0	14	3	0	0	Profile
#113	Cambodia	24	0	0	6	4	0	0	Profile
#114	Guam	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#115	Ireland	23	0	0	2	5	2	0	Profile
#116	Mozambique	23	8	2	2	5	0	0	Profile
#117	Mauritania	23	0	4	1	7	2	0	Profile
#118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	0	0	4	0	0	0	Profile
#119	Ivory Coast	22	0	0	5	3	3	0	Profile
#120	Niger	22	0	2	2	8	2	0	Profile
#121	Brunei	20	4	1	2	2	1	0	Profile
#122	Cuba	20	7	0	2	3	0	0	Profile
#123	Eritrea	20	1	0	6	5	0	0	Profile
#124	Kyrgyzstan	20	0	0	2	0	0	0	Profile
#125	North Macedonia	20	0	0	4	0	0	0	Profile
#126	South Sudan	19	0	0	6	4	0	0	Profile
#127	Ghana	18	0	0	2	2	2	0	Profile
#128	Nicaragua	18	0	0	3	5	0	0	Profile
#129	Costa Rica	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	Profile
#130	Cyprus	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	Profile
#131	Equatorial Guinea	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	Profile
#132	Jamaica	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	Profile
#133	Puerto Rico	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#134	Rwanda	15	3	1	1	2	0	0	Profile
#135	Togo	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	Profile
#136	British Indian Ocean Territory	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#137	Transnistria	15	0	0	2	7	0	0	Profile
#138	Republic of the Congo	14	2	0	1	4	0	0	Profile
#139	Madagascar	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	Profile
#140	Lithuania	12	0	0	1	5	0	0	Profile
#141	Malawi	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#142	Hong Kong	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#143	Djibouti	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	Profile
#144	Guinea	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	Profile
#145	Guyana	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	Profile
#146	Montenegro	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	Profile
#147	Benin	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	Profile
#148	Burundi	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#149	Central African Republic	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#150	Estonia	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	Profile
#151	Latvia	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#152	Malta	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#153	Mongolia	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	Profile
#154	Somalia	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	Profile
#155	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#156	Seychelles	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#157	Siachen Glacier	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	Profile
#158	Falkland Islands	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#159	Papua New Guinea	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#160	Sierra Leone	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#161	Eswatini	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#162	Mauritius	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#163	The Bahamas	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#164	Belize	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	Profile
#165	Bhutan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#166	Guinea-Bissau	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#167	French Guiana	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#168	Iceland	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#169	Maldives	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#170	French Polynesia	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#171	Somaliland	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	Profile
#172	Réunion	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#173	Lesotho	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#174	Moldova	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	Profile
#175	Suriname	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#176	Greenland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#177	Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	Profile
#178	Cape Verde	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#179	Cayman Islands	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#180	US Virgin Islands	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#181	Northern Mariana Islands	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#182	Saint Helena	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#183	Kosovo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#184	Curaçao	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Profile
#185	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#186	Indian Ocean Australian Territories	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	Profile
#187	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#188	French Southern Lands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#189	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#190	Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#191	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#192	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#193	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#194	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#195	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#196	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#197	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#198	East Timor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#199	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#200	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#201	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#202	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#203	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#204	Vatican City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#205	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#206	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#207	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#208	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#209	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#210	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#211	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#212	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#213	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#214	Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#215	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#216	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#217	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#218	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#219	Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#220	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#221	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#222	Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#223	Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#224	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#225	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#226	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#227	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#228	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#229	Saint Barthelemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#230	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#231	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#232	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#233	Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#234	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#235	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#236	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#237	Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#238	Saint Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#239	Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#240	Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#241	Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#242	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#243	Pitcairn Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#244	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#245	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#246	Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#247	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#248	Sint Maarten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#249	Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#250	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#251	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile