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

4.255

★ #1 GLOBAL LEADER

United States

13.201

#3 Rank

China

3.304

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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	13.201	1.745	902	893	2.542	5.761	998	Profile
#2	Russia	4.255	840	681	447	517	1.600	541	Profile
#3	China	3.304	1.406	361	280	391	980	273	Profile
#4	India	2.296	552	144	321	387	689	92	Profile
#5	South Korea	1.576	236	95	39	326	806	110	Profile
#6	Japan	1.459	215	47	52	395	576	117	Profile
#7	Pakistan	1.434	317	86	60	540	364	53	Profile
#8	Egypt	1.080	242	90	53	344	348	100	Profile
#9	Turkey	1.069	196	0	82	294	496	108	Profile
#10	France	972	219	0	116	137	444	66	Profile
#11	Saudi Arabia	917	283	81	49	202	264	34	Profile
#12	North Korea	837	341	114	1	176	205	20	Profile
#13	Italy	800	88	65	31	151	349	37	Profile
#14	Taiwan	744	248	0	18	207	230	88	Profile
#15	Brazil	665	42	29	103	119	178	53	Profile
#16	United Kingdom	664	96	35	28	187	244	47	Profile
#17	Germany	617	124	61	54	16	285	48	Profile
#18	Algeria	605	111	42	63	90	300	74	Profile
#19	Israel	597	236	44	14	146	125	47	Profile
#20	United Arab Emirates	570	95	38	34	145	238	29	Profile
#21	Greece	560	174	0	17	84	277	27	Profile
#22	Iran	551	191	21	87	105	131	13	Profile
#23	Thailand	488	64	23	45	117	225	6	Profile
#24	Indonesia	474	38	32	69	107	199	14	Profile
#25	Mexico	468	3	30	38	166	164	0	Profile
#26	Poland	457	57	12	44	111	222	29	Profile
#27	Colombia	454	17	22	74	65	230	10	Profile
#28	Spain	440	124	11	46	98	154	15	Profile
#29	Australia	355	24	71	37	107	72	22	Profile
#30	Canada	354	62	0	27	89	138	41	Profile
#31	Myanmar	331	69	20	33	119	85	9	Profile
#32	Vietnam	293	62	0	6	92	102	30	Profile
#33	Angola	285	67	6	32	56	115	14	Profile
#34	Chile	284	44	0	32	90	85	25	Profile
#35	Jordan	256	41	9	11	61	147	41	Profile
#36	Morocco	255	84	0	31	77	73	6	Profile
#37	Argentina	245	23	11	25	71	96	28	Profile
#38	Singapore	245	100	0	9	35	73	19	Profile
#39	Peru	243	14	21	37	64	105	15	Profile
#40	Kazakhstan	237	37	13	21	25	72	12	Profile
#41	Ukraine	235	86	29	21	70	136	38	Profile
#42	South Africa	226	2	0	11	81	87	10	Profile
#43	Venezuela	224	28	0	44	70	78	9	Profile
#44	Bangladesh	216	41	0	17	83	67	20	Profile
#45	Philippines	205	0	17	23	23	130	6	Profile
#46	Belarus	198	43	50	4	27	70	31	Profile
#47	Qatar	198	115	6	12	45	85	24	Profile
#48	Uzbekistan	197	26	13	12	7	101	34	Profile
#49	Sudan	183	37	36	13	33	64	35	Profile
#50	Yemen	175	48	0	3	30	59	8	Profile
#51	Malaysia	172	24	11	14	30	43	12	Profile
#52	Sweden	172	73	0	6	36	53	15	Profile
#53	Nigeria	167	14	24	12	28	69	15	Profile
#54	Finland	162	51	0	11	74	25	7	Profile
#55	Iraq	161	24	33	14	103	170	36	Profile
#56	Kenya	156	17	0	21	30	84	2	Profile
#57	Azerbaijan	155	12	20	4	36	87	16	Profile
#58	Romania	146	28	0	12	42	64	19	Profile
#59	Tunisia	142	10	0	12	28	101	30	Profile
#60	Switzerland	141	40	0	16	43	39	11	Profile
#61	Afghanistan	135	0	0	2	0	3	0	Profile
#62	Netherlands	130	0	38	4	21	67	16	Profile
#63	Oman	128	29	10	9	45	31	9	Profile
#64	Serbia	118	11	17	3	33	51	4	Profile
#65	Denmark	115	26	19	4	36	34	10	Profile
#66	Kuwait	115	47	0	2	13	68	16	Profile
#67	Bahrain	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#68	Norway	112	0	43	4	23	34	10	Profile
#69	Ecuador	109	0	0	19	32	40	12	Profile
#70	Belgium	106	43	12	7	27	14	14	Profile
#71	Czechia	105	12	16	10	21	42	4	Profile
#72	Turkmenistan	105	22	27	5	11	26	10	Profile
#73	Syria	104	51	5	2	8	38	7	Profile
#74	Portugal	98	27	5	19	22	35	10	Profile
#75	Hungary	96	12	0	3	17	48	8	Profile
#76	Austria	95	15	0	11	23	41	12	Profile
#77	Ethiopia	92	26	0	9	35	34	7	Profile
#78	Sri Lanka	90	7	0	17	8	55	9	Profile
#79	Lebanon	84	0	8	0	8	64	19	Profile
#80	Libya	83	10	1	12	36	24	4	Profile
#81	Dominican Republic	80	0	7	10	16	46	13	Profile
#82	Zimbabwe	80	9	9	14	20	28	6	Profile
#83	Zambia	78	0	0	13	33	32	9	Profile
#84	Bolivia	72	0	0	15	20	30	9	Profile
#85	Armenia	69	4	14	3	12	36	20	Profile
#86	Croatia	67	11	0	0	23	33	9	Profile
#87	Bulgaria	66	11	5	6	26	23	4	Profile
#88	Georgia	61	0	5	2	10	44	11	Profile
#89	DR Congo	56	0	6	10	2	38	9	Profile
#90	Uganda	52	6	0	3	12	30	6	Profile
#91	El Salvador	51	0	14	3	9	25	7	Profile
#92	Paraguay	49	0	4	12	14	18	5	Profile
#93	New Zealand	48	0	0	7	13	21	0	Profile
#94	Slovakia	46	7	0	7	11	22	6	Profile
#95	Botswana	45	10	0	9	10	16	4	Profile
#96	Honduras	45	6	7	10	10	11	3	Profile
#97	Chad	42	0	7	7	8	16	3	Profile
#98	Tanzania	38	11	0	6	6	15	4	Profile
#99	Slovenia	37	0	0	5	21	14	4	Profile
#100	Nepal	35	0	0	7	0	10	3	Profile
#101	Guatemala	34	0	3	10	0	20	0	Profile
#102	Cameroon	31	0	0	6	6	21	4	Profile
#103	Namibia	30	11	0	5	13	7	2	Profile
#104	Laos	29	0	0	2	7	20	6	Profile
#105	Mali	29	4	12	8	4	10	6	Profile
#106	Uruguay	28	0	6	6	12	12	3	Profile
#107	Ivory Coast	25	0	0	3	2	14	2	Profile
#108	Gabon	25	6	0	3	0	16	4	Profile
#109	Tajikistan	25	0	0	1	4	20	6	Profile
#110	Cambodia	24	0	0	4	0	20	6	Profile
#111	Senegal	24	0	0	4	18	16	2	Profile
#112	Ireland	23	0	0	5	8	8	2	Profile
#113	Mozambique	23	8	2	5	1	7	2	Profile
#114	Mauritania	23	0	4	7	6	4	1	Profile
#115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	0	0	0	0	15	4	Profile
#116	Moldova	21	0	0	1	0	2	0	Profile
#117	Burkina Faso	20	0	3	2	0	19	2	Profile
#118	Cuba	20	7	0	3	2	8	2	Profile
#119	Eritrea	20	1	0	5	1	13	6	Profile
#120	Kyrgyzstan	20	0	0	0	0	7	2	Profile
#121	Niger	20	2	2	8	0	14	2	Profile
#122	Albania	19	0	0	1	0	19	0	Profile
#123	South Sudan	19	0	0	4	0	15	6	Profile
#124	Brunei	18	0	1	2	4	8	0	Profile
#125	Ghana	18	0	0	2	5	9	2	Profile
#126	Nicaragua	18	0	0	5	1	11	3	Profile
#127	Cyprus	15	3	1	2	3	6	1	Profile
#128	Equatorial Guinea	15	3	1	2	3	6	1	Profile
#129	Jamaica	15	3	1	2	3	6	1	Profile
#130	Puerto Rico	15	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#131	Rwanda	15	3	1	2	3	6	1	Profile
#132	Togo	15	2	0	1	2	5	1	Profile
#133	Transnistria	15	0	0	7	0	8	2	Profile
#134	Republic of the Congo	14	2	0	4	0	8	1	Profile
#135	Madagascar	14	0	0	1	0	5	1	Profile
#136	North Macedonia	14	0	0	0	10	10	4	Profile
#137	Malawi	12	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#138	Montenegro	11	0	0	0	0	10	0	Profile
#139	Djibouti	10	2	0	1	2	5	1	Profile
#140	Guinea	10	2	0	1	2	5	1	Profile
#141	Guyana	10	1	0	1	1	3	0	Profile
#142	Lithuania	10	0	0	5	0	4	0	Profile
#143	Benin	9	0	0	1	0	5	1	Profile
#144	Burundi	8	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#145	Central African Republic	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#146	Malta	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	Profile
#147	Mongolia	8	0	0	3	2	3	0	Profile
#148	Estonia	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	Profile
#149	Somalia	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	Profile
#150	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#151	Seychelles	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#152	Siachen Glacier	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	Profile
#153	Latvia	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	Profile
#154	Papua New Guinea	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#155	Sierra Leone	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	Profile
#156	Eswatini	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#157	Mauritius	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#158	The Bahamas	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#159	Belize	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	Profile
#160	Bhutan	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	Profile
#161	Guinea-Bissau	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#162	French Guiana	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	Profile
#163	Maldives	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#164	Somaliland	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	Profile
#165	Réunion	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#166	Lesotho	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	Profile
#167	Suriname	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	Profile
#168	Luxembourg	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	Profile
#169	Cape Verde	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#170	Kosovo	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	Profile
#171	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	Profile
#172	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#173	French Southern Lands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#174	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#175	Costa Rica	0	3	1	2	3	6	1	Profile
#176	Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#177	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#178	Falkland Islands	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	Profile
#179	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#180	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#181	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#182	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#183	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#184	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#185	Panama	0	0	0	13	0	23	0	Profile
#186	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#187	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#188	East Timor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#189	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#190	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#191	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#192	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#193	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#194	Vatican City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#195	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#196	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#197	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#198	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#199	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#200	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#201	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#202	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#203	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#204	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#205	Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#206	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#208	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#209	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#210	Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#211	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#212	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#213	Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#214	Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#215	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#216	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#217	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#218	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#219	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#220	US Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#221	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#222	Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#223	Saint Barthelemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#224	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#225	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#226	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#227	Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#228	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#229	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#230	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#231	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#232	Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#233	Saint Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#234	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#235	Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#236	Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#237	Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#238	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#239	Pitcairn Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#240	French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#241	Saint Helena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#242	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#243	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#244	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#245	Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#246	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#247	Sint Maarten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#248	Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#249	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#250	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#251	Indian Ocean Australian Territories	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	Profile