Greece

Europe & Central Asia · Athens

Rank #18 of 173

68.9Strength score

Photos

1st Infantry Division Forward leadership visits soldiers in Greece (6108592) — 1st Infantry Division Forward leadership visits soldiers in Greece (6108592)U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Cody Kellum · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

USS PHILIPPINE SEA RENDERS HONORS TO ITALIAN NAVY SHIP (6334228) — USS PHILIPPINE SEA RENDERS HONORS TO ITALIAN NAVY SHIP (6334228)U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Indra Beaufort · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

A Hellenic Air Force F-16D aircraft takes off from Souda Air Base, Greece, during a flying training deployment with the Hellenic Air Force Feb. 27 140227-F-MY082-286 — A Hellenic Air Force F-16D aircraft takes off from Souda Air Base, Greece, during a flying training deployment with the Hellenic Air Force Feb. 27 140227-F-MY082-286SSgt Thomas Trower · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance83
Air power67
Manpower84
Land forces84
Naval power64
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $8.4B #35
Budget as % of GDP: 2.99% #37
Spending per person: $805 #33
GDP: $280.6B #51
Population: 10,413,962 #93

Manpower

Active personnel: 131,650 #45
Reserve personnel: 264,500 #15
Paramilitary: 7,400 #37
Total personnel: 403,550 #24

Land forces

Tanks: 1,273 #14
Armoured vehicles: 2,902 #5
Self-propelled artillery: 590 #10
Towed artillery: 698 #14
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 152 #19

Air power

Total aircraft: 756 #13
Fighter jets: 214 #14
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 66 #13
Helicopters: 324 #11
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 27 #41
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: 8 #13
Destroyers: —
Frigates: 13 #8
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 6 #42

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Weapons Greece uses (1)

Leopard 2

Leopard 2Main battle tanks

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 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 · ↗