2026 regional data view
South America Military Power
Explore South American military profiles across personnel, defense budgets and major air, land and naval inventory categories. The ranking below uses MilitaryDex MSS and should not be read as a forecast of military outcomes.
Regional dataset totals
11
Countries
1.3M
Active personnel
$64.4B
Defense budgets
2.2K
Aircraft
2.0K
Tanks
395
Naval assets
Totals add reported country values in this data edition. Missing values are omitted; the figures do not represent a unified force.
Category leaders
South America country rankings
Same-edition values; click a country for its full profile.
| Region rank | Country | Global rank | MSS | Active | Budget | Aircraft | Tanks | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Brazil | #21 | 9.1 | 376.0K | $26.4B | 495 | 294 | 43 |
| #2 |  Colombia | #23 | 9.0 | 429.0K | $15.8B | 430 | 0 | 173 |
| #3 |  Peru | #45 | 4.0 | 120.0K | $2.6B | 252 | 355 | 34 |
| #4 |  Venezuela | #50 | 3.4 | 109.0K | $6.1B | 224 | 282 | 30 |
| #5 |  Chile | #51 | 3.2 | 80.0K | $6.8B | 274 | 386 | 52 |
| #6 |  Argentina | #62 | 2.6 | 108.0K | $993.9M | 241 | 362 | 24 |
| #7 |  Ecuador | #81 | 1.6 | 41.3K | $3.0B | 99 | 202 | 15 |
| #8 |  Uruguay | #107 | 0.8 | 24.0K | $1.9B | 43 | 62 | 7 |
| #9 |  Paraguay | #111 | 0.7 | 15.7K | $416.8M | 49 | 10 | 0 |
| #10 |  Bolivia | #119 | 0.6 | 40.0K | $467.7M | 67 | 54 | 0 |
| #11 |  Suriname | #138 | 0.3 | 2.5K | $58.4M | 3 | 0 | 17 |