Ukraine or Belarus: whose army is stronger in 2021

The Global Analysis channel found out which country's army - Belarus or Ukraine - is now considered the most

powerful.Discuss

The author of the video on the Global Analysis channel compared Belarus and Ukraine in terms of combat power. To do this, he compared states in terms of their position in the world ranking, budget, number of military equipment, etc.

  1. Global rankingBelarus ranks 50th, while Ukraine ranks 25th.
  1. Nominal GDPBelarus – $63 billion, Ukraine – $164.593 billion.
  1. Defense budgetBelarus has $774 million, and Ukraine has $9.6 billion.
  1. PopulationThere are 41.37 million people living in Ukraine and 9.4 million in Belarus.
  1. Active military personnelIn Belarus, it is 45,000 people, in Ukraine – 900,000.
  1. Reserve soldiersUkraine has 255 thousand people, butBelarus – 295 thousand.
  1. Battle tanks. Belarus – 601 units, Ukraine – 2430 units.

  1. Armored vehicles. Ukraine has 11,437 units, Belarus has 1,550.
  1. Armored personnel carriersBelarus has 292 units of such equipment, and Ukraine has 4,610 units.
  1. MRAPBelarus has 96 such vehicles, while Ukraine has 4,758.
  1. Armored vehiclesUkraine has 10,132 units of such vehicles, Belarus - 2,409 units.
  1. ArtilleryThere are 710 artillery units in Belarus and 2,934 in Ukraine.
  1. Rocket artillery. Belarus has 238 units of such weapons, Ukraine - 550.
  1. AircraftIn total, there are 207 military aircraft in Belarus and 285 in Ukraine.
  1. Fighters. Ukraine has 48, Belarus has – 43. The difference is quite insignificant.
  1. Stormtroopers. But Belarus has much more of them – 68 units. At the same time, Ukraine has only 25 units.
  1. Trainer aircraft. Ukraine has 83 similar aircraft, Belarus – 29.
  1. Helicopters. Belarus has 63, while Ukraine – 142.
  1. Combat helicopters... Ukraine has more of them again: 34 versus 21 in Belarus.
  1. Passenger aircraft. Belarus has only 4 of them, Ukraine – 37.
  1. Reconnaissance aircraft... Ukraine has 7 of them, but Belarus does not have them at all.
  1. Fleet... Belarus does not have naval ships, while Ukraine has a total of 25.
  1. Frigates. Only Ukraine has them – one ship.

In addition, both countries do not have corvettes, submarines and nuclear weapons.

As can be seen from the data presented above, Ukraine is stronger in terms of military power from the two countries.

Source: Global Analysis