diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/drift/drift-formatter.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/drift/drift-formatter.ts
index c6d222e93..56a874f97 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/drift/drift-formatter.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/drift/drift-formatter.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ export class DriftFormatter {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resources that were not checked for drift: either CloudFormation returned
+   * no drift record for them at all, or it returned one with an UNKNOWN
+   * status (e.g. due to missing permissions or lack of drift-detection
+   * support for that resource type).
+   */
+  private getUncheckedResources(): string[] {
+    const drifts = this.resourceDriftResults;
+    return Array.from(this.allStackResources.keys()).filter((logicalId) => {
+      const drift = drifts.find((d) => d.LogicalResourceId === logicalId);
+      return !drift || drift.StackResourceDriftStatus === StackResourceDriftStatus.UNKNOWN;
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Format the stack drift detection results
    */
@@ -110,7 +124,7 @@ export class DriftFormatter {
       const finalResult = chalk.green('No drift detected\n');
       return {
         numResourcesWithDrift: 0,
-        numResourcesUnchecked: this.allStackResources.size - this.resourceDriftResults.length,
+        numResourcesUnchecked: this.getUncheckedResources().length,
         stackHeader,
         unchecked: formatterOutput.unchecked,
         summary: finalResult,
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ export class DriftFormatter {
     const finalResult = chalk.yellow(`\n${actualDrifts.length} resource${actualDrifts.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} ${actualDrifts.length === 1 ? 'has' : 'have'} drifted from their expected configuration\n`);
     return {
       numResourcesWithDrift: actualDrifts.length,
-      numResourcesUnchecked: this.allStackResources.size - this.resourceDriftResults.length,
+      numResourcesUnchecked: this.getUncheckedResources().length,
       stackHeader,
       unchanged: formatterOutput.unchanged,
       unchecked: formatterOutput.unchecked,
@@ -161,10 +175,7 @@ export class DriftFormatter {
     }
 
     // Process all unchecked and unknown resources
-    const uncheckedResources = Array.from(this.allStackResources.keys()).filter((logicalId) => {
-      const drift = drifts.find((d) => d.LogicalResourceId === logicalId);
-      return !drift || drift.StackResourceDriftStatus === StackResourceDriftStatus.UNKNOWN;
-    });
+    const uncheckedResources = this.getUncheckedResources();
     if (uncheckedResources.length > 0) {
       unchecked = this.printSectionHeader('Unchecked Resources');
       for (const logicalId of uncheckedResources) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/drift/drift.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/drift/drift.test.ts
index a93a1e3ce..3c81e0b6c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/drift/drift.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/drift/drift.test.ts
@@ -806,6 +806,14 @@ describe('formatStackDrift', () => {
     // UNKNOWN resources should be treated as unchecked, not as drift
     expect(result.unchecked).toContain('AWS::IAM::Role');
     expect(result.unchecked).toContain('Resource2');
+
+    // Regression test: numResourcesUnchecked used to be computed as
+    // `allStackResources.size - resourceDriftResults.length`, which only
+    // counts resources CloudFormation returned no drift record for at all.
+    // Resource2 has a drift record (status UNKNOWN), so that formula
+    // reported 0 unchecked here even though `unchecked` (above) lists it -
+    // a self-contradictory summary vs. detail output.
+    expect(result.numResourcesUnchecked).toBe(1);
   });
 
   test('formatting with only UNKNOWN drift status', () => {
@@ -868,6 +876,10 @@ describe('formatStackDrift', () => {
     expect(result.unchecked).toContain('Resource1');
     expect(result.unchecked).toContain('AWS::IAM::Role');
     expect(result.unchecked).toContain('Resource2');
+
+    // Both resources have UNKNOWN-status drift records (not missing entirely),
+    // so the naive size-minus-length formula previously reported 0 here.
+    expect(result.numResourcesUnchecked).toBe(2);
   });
 
   test('filters out AWS::CDK::Metadata resources from drift count', () => {