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Countries by military spending

Military expenditure as a share of GDP, from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: armed forces, defence ministries, military aid and the paramilitary forces trained for military operations. 152 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

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Map: Military spending — World
Highest
34.5%
Ukraine
Median country
1.6%
half above, half below
Lowest
0.1%
Haiti
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Ukraine34.5%2024Eastern Europe
2Israel8.8%2024Western Asia
3Algeria8.0%2024Northern Africa
4Saudi Arabia7.3%2024Western Asia
5Russia7.0%2024Eastern Europe
6Myanmar6.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
7Qatar6.5%2022Western Asia
8Oman5.6%2024Western Asia
9Armenia5.5%2024Western Asia
10Libya5.3%2023Northern Africa
11Azerbaijan5.0%2024Western Asia
12Kuwait4.8%2024Western Asia
13Jordan4.8%2024Western Asia
14Burkina Faso4.7%2024Western Africa
15Mali4.2%2024Western Africa
16Poland4.2%2024Eastern Europe
17Burundi3.8%2024Eastern Africa
18Brunei3.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
19Morocco3.5%2024Northern Africa
20United States3.4%2024Northern America
21Estonia3.4%2024Northern Europe
22Colombia3.4%2024South America
23Latvia3.3%2024Northern Europe
24Greece3.1%2024Southern Europe
25Lithuania3.1%2024Northern Europe
26Chad3.0%2024Middle Africa
27Kyrgyzstan3.0%2024Central Asia
28Bahrain2.9%2024Western Asia
29Singapore2.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
30Botswana2.8%2024Southern Africa
31Namibia2.7%2024Southern Africa
32Pakistan2.7%2024Southern Asia
33Timor-Leste2.7%2024South-Eastern Asia
34Serbia2.6%2024Southern Europe
35Lebanon2.6%2024Western Asia
36South Korea2.6%2024Eastern Asia
37Central African Republic2.5%2024Middle Africa
38Tunisia2.5%2024Northern Africa
39Denmark2.4%2024Northern Europe
40Iraq2.4%2024Western Asia
41Uruguay2.3%2024South America
=42Finland2.3%2024Northern Europe
=42Romania2.3%2024Eastern Europe
44United Kingdom2.3%2024Northern Europe
45India2.3%2024Southern Asia
46Niger2.2%2024Western Africa
47Ecuador2.2%2024South America
=48Hungary2.2%2024Eastern Europe
=48Mauritania2.2%2024Western Africa
50Bulgaria2.1%2024Eastern Europe
51North Macedonia2.1%2024Southern Europe
52Norway2.1%2024Northern Europe
53Belarus2.1%2024Eastern Europe
=54France2.0%2024Western Europe
=54Guinea2.0%2024Western Africa
56Albania2.0%2024Southern Europe
=57Iran2.0%2024Southern Asia
=57Slovakia2.0%2024Eastern Europe
=59Sweden2.0%2024Northern Europe
=59Togo2.0%2024Western Africa
61Mozambique2.0%2024Eastern Africa
62South Sudan2.0%2024Eastern Africa
=63Czechia1.9%2024Eastern Europe
=63Netherlands1.9%2024Western Europe
=63Turkey1.9%2024Western Asia
66Germany1.9%2024Western Europe
=67Australia1.9%2024Australia and New Zealand
=67Uganda1.9%2024Eastern Africa
69Georgia1.9%2024Western Asia
70Tajikistan1.9%2024Central Asia
=71Afghanistan1.8%2021Southern Asia
=71Montenegro1.8%2024Southern Europe
73Croatia1.8%2024Southern Europe
74China1.7%2024Eastern Asia
75Cyprus1.6%2024Western Asia
76Italy1.6%2024Southern Europe
77Somalia1.6%2024Eastern Africa
=78Chile1.6%2024South America
=78Honduras1.6%2024Central America
=80Lesotho1.6%2024Southern Africa
=80Senegal1.6%2024Western Africa
82Gabon1.5%2024Middle Africa
83Portugal1.5%2024Southern Europe
84Cambodia1.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
85Eswatini1.4%2024Southern Africa
=86Spain1.4%2024Southern Europe
=86Sri Lanka1.4%2024Southern Asia
=88Bolivia1.4%2024South America
=88Japan1.4%2024Eastern Asia
90Zambia1.3%2024Eastern Africa
91Philippines1.3%2024South-Eastern Asia
=92Canada1.3%2024Northern America
=92Fiji1.3%2024Melanesia
=92Slovenia1.3%2024Southern Europe
95Belgium1.3%2024Western Europe
96Jamaica1.3%2024Caribbean
97Rwanda1.3%2024Eastern Africa
=98DR Congo1.2%2024Middle Africa
=98Guinea-Bissau1.2%2023Western Africa
=100Congo1.2%2024Middle Africa
=100El Salvador1.2%2024Central America
=100New Zealand1.2%2024Australia and New Zealand
103Seychelles1.2%2024Eastern Africa
104Tanzania1.1%2024Eastern Africa
105Thailand1.1%2024South-Eastern Asia
106Malawi1.0%2024Eastern Africa
107Cameroon1.0%2024Middle Africa
=108Angola1.0%2024Middle Africa
=108Austria1.0%2024Western Europe
=108Kenya1.0%2024Eastern Africa
111Malaysia1.0%2024South-Eastern Asia
=112Equatorial Guinea1.0%2024Middle Africa
=112Nepal1.0%2024Southern Asia
114Brazil1.0%2024South America
115Luxembourg1.0%2024Western Europe
116Bangladesh0.9%2024Southern Asia
=117Paraguay0.9%2024South America
=117Sudan0.9%2021Northern Africa
119Trinidad and Tobago0.9%2024Caribbean
120Peru0.9%2024South America
121Belize0.9%2024Central America
122Mexico0.9%2024Central America
123Guyana0.9%2024South America
=124Dominican Republic0.8%2024Caribbean
=124Indonesia0.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
126Côte d'Ivoire0.8%2024Western Africa
127Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8%2024Southern Europe
128Mongolia0.7%2024Eastern Asia
=129Benin0.7%2024Western Africa
=129Switzerland0.7%2024Western Europe
=131Liberia0.7%2024Western Africa
=131Madagascar0.7%2024Eastern Africa
133South Africa0.7%2024Southern Africa
134Egypt0.7%2024Northern Africa
135Ethiopia0.7%2024Eastern Africa
=136Argentina0.6%2024South America
=136Cabo Verde0.6%2024Western Africa
138Moldova0.6%2024Eastern Europe
139Gambia0.6%2024Western Africa
140Nigeria0.6%2024Western Africa
141Nicaragua0.6%2024Central America
142Venezuela0.5%2023South America
143Sierra Leone0.5%2024Western Africa
144Malta0.5%2024Southern Europe
145Kazakhstan0.4%2024Central Asia
146Ghana0.4%2024Western Africa
147Guatemala0.4%2024Central America
148Zimbabwe0.3%2024Eastern Africa
149Papua New Guinea0.3%2024Melanesia
150Ireland0.2%2024Northern Europe
151Mauritius0.1%2024Eastern Africa
152Haiti0.1%2024Caribbean

No World Bank figure for 42 countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Grenada, Iceland, Kiribati, Laos, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, North Korea, Palau, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Principe, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yemen.

Questions

Which country has the highest military spending?
Ukraine has the highest military spending: 34.5% of GDP (2024). Next come Israel (8.8% of GDP) and Algeria (8.0% of GDP).
Which country has the lowest military spending?
Haiti, with 0.1% of GDP (2024).
What is the typical military spending of a country?
The median of the 152 countries is 1.6% of GDP: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Military expenditure as a share of GDP, from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: armed forces, defence ministries, military aid and the paramilitary forces trained for military operations. Source: World Bank, mostly 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.