Head-to-Head

Israel vs United Arab Emirates

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Israel, red is United Arab Emirates. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇱 Israel
MIL. STRENGTH #15
VS
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
9.8M 10M
👥 Population
$530B $530B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$34B $25B
💰 Defense Budget
170k 65k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Near-parity in economy (1.00×)
💰 Israel's defense budget is 1.4× larger
🪖 Israel's active force is 2.6× larger
✈️ Near-parity in air fleet (1.09×)
👥 Near-parity in population (1.02×)
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IsraelUnited Arab Emirates
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MODERN
🛡️ Armor Fleet
LIKELY MODERN
LIKELY MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MODERN
LEADING
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Israel
Israel wins 5 of 6 · United Arab Emirates wins 0 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ Israel
Financials
★ Israel
Airpower
★ Israel
Land Power
★ Israel
Naval Power
— Tie
Strategic
★ Israel
Manpower
9,800,000
👥 Total Population
10,000,000 ★
★ 170,000
🪖 Active Personnel
65,000
★ 465,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
0
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
★ $34B
💰 Defense Budget
$25B
$530B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$530B
Airpower
★ 600
✈️ Total Aircraft
550
★ 340
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
150
260
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
400 ★
★ 146
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 1,300
🛡️ Tank Strength
430
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
0
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
65
⚓ Fleet Strength
80 ★
★ 5
🌊 Submarines
0
0
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 90
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇮🇱 Israel
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.