Number of heavy weapons systems

Sources: BICC - Data and Geographic Information Systems (2017) & Military Balance (2017)

Country Number of heavy weapons
Afghanistan 1,126
Albania 0
Algeria 4,372
Angola 1,526
Antigua and Barbuda 0
Argentina 1,307
Armenia 707
Australia 2,003
Austria 354
Azerbaijan 1,886
Bahamas 0
Bahrain 645
Bangladesh 1,051
Barbados 0
Belarus 2,813
Belgium 904
Belize 0
Benin 68
Bolivia 320
Bosnia and Herzegovina 205
Botswana 290
Brazil 2,491
Brunei 71
Bulgaria 495
Burkina Faso 74
Burundi 130
Cambodia 958
Cameroon 185
Canada 1,586
Cape Verde 0
Central African Republic 35
Chad 292
Chile 1,483
China 29,984
Colombia 409
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 558
Costa Rica 0
Cote D'Ivoire 73
Croatia 668
Cuba 2,401
Cyprus 618
Czech Republic 700
Denmark 731
Djibouti 100
Dominican Republic 44
Ecuador 334
Egypt 12,286
El Salvador 117
Equatorial Guinea 54
Eritrea 448
Estonia 236
Ethiopia 1,349
Fiji 4
Finland 1,418
France 3,922
Gabon 97
Gambia 0
Georgia 586
Germany 3,441
Ghana 115
Greece 5,879
Guatemala 146
Guinea 136
Guinea-Bissau 98
Guyana 6
Haiti 0
Honduras 57
Hungary 520
Iceland 0
India 11,559
Indonesia 1,728
Iran 7,048
Iraq 2,829
Ireland 130
Israel 9,378
Italy 2,155
Jamaica 12
Japan 3,032
Jordan 3,164
Kazakhstan 2,564
Kenya 363
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20,830
Korea, Republic of 11,926
Kuwait 1,576
Kyrgyzstan 693
Laos 147
Latvia 34
Lebanon 2,105
Lesotho 3
Liberia 0
Libya 1
Lithuania 254
Luxembourg 48
Macedonia 343
Madagascar 59
Malawi 27
Malaysia 1,366
Mali 58
Malta 0
Mauritania 166
Mauritius 18
Mexico 953
Moldova 287
Mongolia 1,370
Montenegro 38
Morocco 2,189
Mozambique 502
Myanmar 1,217
Namibia 111
Nepal 275
Netherlands 674
New Zealand 127
Nicaragua 540
Niger 49
Nigeria 1,340
Norway 670
Oman 627
Pakistan 6,946
Panama 0
Papua New Guinea 0
Paraguay 42
Peru 1,245
Philippines 768
Poland 3,786
Portugal 622
Qatar 359
Romania 2,873
Russia 76,731
Rwanda 180
Saudi Arabia 7,093
Senegal 153
Serbia 988
Seychelles 0
Sierra Leone 6
Singapore 3,044
Slovakia 476
Slovenia 188
Somalia 34
South Africa 1,735
South Sudan 85
Spain 2,007
Sri Lanka 500
Sudan 2,113
Suriname 17
Sweden 1,699
Switzerland 1,894
Syria 265
Taiwan 5,362
Tajikistan 100
Tanzania 324
Thailand 2,955
Timor-Leste 0
Togo 85
Trinidad and Tobago 0
Tunisia 567
Turkey 12,441
Turkmenistan 3,267
Uganda 710
Ukraine 5,803
United Arab Emirates 3,328
United Kingdom 4,096
United States of America 51,454
Uruguay 519
Uzbekistan 1,599
Venezuela 1,050
Vietnam 6,797
Yemen 8
Zambia 225
Zimbabwe 242

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