Military profile
Indonesia Military Strength
Indonesia ranks #13 of 145 in the Global Firepower military strength ranking, with 400,000 active personnel. It spent $15.0 billion on its military in 2025 (1.0% of GDP).
Indonesia armed forces in numbers
Personnel
- Active military personnel
- 400,000#12 of 145
- Reserve military personnel
- 400,000#14 of 145
- Paramilitary forces
- 280,000#10 of 145
- Army personnel
- 300,000#10 of 145
- Air force personnel
- 40,000#19 of 145
- Navy personnel
- 75,000#7 of 145
Air power
- Total military aircraft
- 466#26 of 145
- Fighter aircraft
- 41#47 of 145
- Attack aircraft
- 37#17 of 145
- Military helicopters
- 176#23 of 145
- Attack helicopters
- 15#40 of 145
Land forces
- Tanks
- 314#47 of 145
- Self-propelled artillery
- 153#29 of 145
- Towed artillery
- 414#26 of 145
- Rocket artillery
- 63#48 of 145
Naval power
- Aircraft carriers
- 0#8 of 113
- Destroyers
- 0#15 of 113
- Frigates
- 10#16 of 113
- Corvettes
- 21#4 of 113
- Submarines
- 4#26 of 113
- Patrol vessels
- 202#2 of 113
- Mine warfare vessels
- 13#10 of 113
Finance
- Military spending
- $15.0 billion#26 of 156
- Military spending as % of GDP
- 1.0%#112 of 156
- Purchasing power parity (GDP, PPP)
- $3.13 trillion#7 of 145
Equipment and personnel: Global Firepower 2023 military strength ranking (2023). Spending: World Bank / SIPRI military expenditure data (CC BY 4.0).
Indonesia military spending 2010–2025
Military spending of Indonesia grew by 222% between 2010 and 2025, from $4.7 billion to $15.0 billion (current US dollars), and stood at 1.0% of GDP in 2025.
Armed forces of Indonesia
Branches and forces
Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat, TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut, TNI-AL; includes Marine Corps (Korps Marinir or KorMar)), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara, TNI-AU) Indonesian National Police (aka The State Police of the Republic of Indonesia or POLRI) Ministry of Transportation: Indonesia Sea and Coast Guard (Kesatuan Penjagaan Laut dan Pantai Republik Indonesia, KPLP); Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs: Maritime Security Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (Badan Keamanan Laut Republik Indonesia, Bakamla) (2025)
Personnel
approximately 400,000 active Armed Forces, including about 300,000 Army (2025)
Service age and conscription
18 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; upper age limits vary by military service, position, specialty; compulsory service authorized but not utilized (2025)
Equipment and suppliers
the military's inventory is a mix of older and new weapons platforms from China, Russia, Europe, the US, and other countries; in recent years, major suppliers have included China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the US; the TNI has been engaged in a modernization program for more than a decade; Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries; it has jointly produced aircraft and naval vessels (2025)
Deployments abroad
250 (plus about 170 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)
Good to know
the military is responsible for external defense, combatting separatism, and responding to national emergencies and natural disasters; in certain conditions it may provide operational support to police, such as for counterterrorism operations, maintaining public order, and addressing communal conflicts key operational priorities include an insurgency on Papua and the security of Indonesia's vast maritime domain; the West Papua Liberation Army, the military wing of the Free Papua Organization, has been fighting a low-level insurgency in Papua since Indonesia annexed the former Dutch colony in the 1960s; maritime issues include piracy, transnational crime, illegal fishing, and incursions by People's Republic of China (PRC) vessels; Indonesia is not a formal claimant in the South China Sea, although some of its waters lie within the PRC's “nine-dash line” maritime claims, resulting in some stand offs in recent years; over the past decade, the Indonesian military has bolstered its presence on and around the strategically located Natuna Islands (2025)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024: 0.8% · 2023: 0.8% · 2022: 0.8% · 2021: 0.8% · 2020: 0.8%
Forces and service: CIA World Factbook (public domain).
Indonesia compared with its neighbours
| Country | Strength rank | Military spending |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | #13 | $15.0 billion |
 Malaysia | #42 | $4.9 billion |
 Papua New Guinea | — | $106 million |
 Timor-Leste | — | $48 million |