Compare armed forces

Alliance builder

Military power of Greece & Italy

Greece flag svg Italy flag svg

Greece vs Italy

Show map
Greece Italy

Greece is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 131,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,110 km and costline 13,676 km). The capital of Greece is Athens. The number of inhabitants is 10,718,565.

Greece joined NATO in 1952. The inventory of the Hellenic Armed Forces consists mostly of a mix of imported weapons from Europe and the USA. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons systems. Greece entered into a security agreement with France in 2021 that included the sale of frigates and fighter aircraft to augment its aging weapons systems. Greece's defense industry also is capable of producing a range of military hardware

More about Greece military

Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

More about Italy military

If you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out CompareEconomy.com

Military expenditures

small flag GR GR small flag IT IT
Military budget: 7.6 billion $ 32 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.8% 1.5%

Military budget

small flag GR small flag IT
Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
More

Manpower

small flag GR GR small flag IT IT
Active personnel: 107,600 165,500
Reserve personnel: 221,600 18,300
Available for military: 2,535,174 13,865,688

Active

small flag GR small flag IT
Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
More

Land Forces

small flag GR GR small flag IT IT
Tanks: 1,365 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,126 2,758
Total artillery: 1,469 197
Self-propelled artillery: 588 68
Rocket artillery: 152 21

Tanks

tank svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
More

Air Forces

small flag GR GR small flag IT IT
Total aircraft: 855 712
Fighter aircraft: 35 92
Multirole aircraft: 202 66
Attack aircraft: 0 45
Helicopters: 427 423
UCAV (combat drone): 3 12

Total aircraft

airplane svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
More

Navy

small flag GR GR small flag IT IT
Total naval: 236 200
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 13 15
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 11 8

Total naval

ship svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
More

Nuclear weapons

Greece

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Greece

19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.