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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. 155 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Military spending — World
Highest
34.5%
Ukraine
Median country
1.7%
half above, half below
Lowest
0.0%
Panama
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Ukraine34.5%2024Eastern Europe
2Algeria8.8%2025Northern Africa
3Israel7.8%2025Western Asia
4Russia7.5%2025Eastern Europe
5Myanmar6.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
6Qatar6.5%2022Western Asia
7Saudi Arabia6.5%2025Western Asia
8Azerbaijan6.5%2025Western Asia
9Armenia6.1%2025Western Asia
10Oman5.7%2025Western Asia
11Kuwait4.7%2025Western Asia
12Jordan4.6%2025Western Asia
13Poland4.5%2025Eastern Europe
14Mali3.9%2025Western Africa
15Brunei3.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
16Latvia3.6%2025Northern Europe
17Libya3.6%2023Northern Africa
18Morocco3.5%2025Northern Africa
19South Sudan3.4%2025Eastern Africa
20Estonia3.4%2025Northern Europe
21Burkina Faso3.3%2025Western Africa
22Norway3.3%2025Northern Europe
23Denmark3.3%2025Northern Europe
24Burundi3.2%2025Eastern Africa
25Colombia3.2%2025South America
26Chad3.2%2025Middle Africa
27United States3.1%2025Northern America
=28Bahrain3.1%2025Western Asia
=28Botswana3.1%2025Southern Africa
30Lithuania3.1%2025Northern Europe
31Singapore3.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
32Greece3.0%2025Southern Europe
33Kyrgyzstan2.9%2025Central Asia
34Pakistan2.9%2025Southern Asia
35Namibia2.8%2025Southern Africa
36Serbia2.8%2025Southern Europe
37Mauritania2.8%2025Western Africa
38South Korea2.6%2025Eastern Asia
39Finland2.6%2025Northern Europe
40Lebanon2.5%2025Western Asia
41Tunisia2.5%2025Northern Africa
42Sweden2.5%2025Northern Europe
43Iraq2.5%2025Western Asia
44Belarus2.4%2025Eastern Europe
45United Kingdom2.4%2025Northern Europe
46Central African Republic2.3%2025Middle Africa
47India2.3%2025Southern Asia
=48Romania2.3%2025Eastern Europe
=48Uruguay2.3%2025South America
50Germany2.3%2025Western Europe
51Timor-Leste2.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
52Netherlands2.2%2025Western Europe
53Vietnam2.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
54Niger2.1%2025Western Africa
55Spain2.1%2025Southern Europe
56Ecuador2.1%2025South America
57Iran2.1%2025Southern Asia
58Hungary2.0%2025Eastern Europe
=59Albania2.0%2025Southern Europe
=59France2.0%2025Western Europe
=59Guinea2.0%2025Western Africa
=59Slovakia2.0%2025Eastern Europe
63Croatia2.0%2025Southern Europe
=64Belgium2.0%2025Western Europe
=64Bulgaria2.0%2025Eastern Europe
66North Macedonia2.0%2025Southern Europe
67Uganda2.0%2025Eastern Africa
68Australia1.9%2025Australia and New Zealand
69Turkey1.9%2025Western Asia
=70Italy1.9%2025Southern Europe
=70Montenegro1.9%2025Southern Europe
=72Mozambique1.9%2025Eastern Africa
=72Togo1.9%2025Western Africa
74Czechia1.8%2025Eastern Europe
75Afghanistan1.8%2021Southern Asia
76Georgia1.8%2025Western Asia
77China1.7%2025Eastern Asia
78Portugal1.7%2025Southern Europe
79Gabon1.7%2025Middle Africa
=80Canada1.6%2025Northern America
=80Lesotho1.6%2025Southern Africa
82Cyprus1.6%2025Western Asia
83Eswatini1.6%2025Southern Africa
84Senegal1.6%2025Western Africa
=85Slovenia1.5%2025Southern Europe
=85Somalia1.5%2025Eastern Africa
87Chile1.5%2025South America
88Tajikistan1.5%2025Central Asia
89Honduras1.5%2025Central America
90Cambodia1.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
91Japan1.4%2025Eastern Asia
92Angola1.4%2025Middle Africa
93DR Congo1.4%2025Middle Africa
94Jamaica1.4%2025Caribbean
95El Salvador1.3%2025Central America
96Fiji1.3%2025Melanesia
=97Congo1.3%2025Middle Africa
=97Sri Lanka1.3%2025Southern Asia
99Philippines1.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
100Rwanda1.3%2025Eastern Africa
101Zambia1.3%2025Eastern Africa
102Seychelles1.2%2025Eastern Africa
103Bolivia1.2%2025South America
104Tanzania1.2%2025Eastern Africa
105Malawi1.1%2025Eastern Africa
=106Austria1.1%2025Western Europe
=106New Zealand1.1%2025Australia and New Zealand
108Kenya1.1%2025Eastern Africa
109Cameroon1.1%2025Middle Africa
110Brazil1.1%2025South America
=111Indonesia1.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
=111Malaysia1.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
=111Thailand1.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
114Belize1.0%2025Central America
115Guyana1.0%2025South America
116Nepal1.0%2025Southern Asia
117Trinidad and Tobago0.9%2025Caribbean
118Sudan0.9%2021Northern Africa
119Nigeria0.9%2025Western Africa
120Equatorial Guinea0.9%2025Middle Africa
=121Benin0.9%2025Western Africa
=121Guinea-Bissau0.9%2025Western Africa
=123Mongolia0.9%2025Eastern Asia
=123Paraguay0.9%2025South America
=125Liberia0.8%2025Western Africa
=125Luxembourg0.8%2025Western Europe
=127Bangladesh0.8%2025Southern Asia
=127Peru0.8%2025South America
129Dominican Republic0.8%2025Caribbean
130Côte d'Ivoire0.8%2025Western Africa
131Switzerland0.8%2025Western Europe
=132Mexico0.7%2025Central America
=132South Africa0.7%2025Southern Africa
134Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7%2025Southern Europe
135Cabo Verde0.7%2025Western Africa
136Madagascar0.6%2025Eastern Africa
137Egypt0.6%2025Northern Africa
138Gambia0.6%2025Western Africa
=139Argentina0.6%2025South America
=139Moldova0.6%2025Eastern Europe
=139Nicaragua0.6%2025Central America
=139Zimbabwe0.6%2025Eastern Africa
143Guatemala0.5%2025Central America
144Ethiopia0.5%2025Eastern Africa
145Ghana0.5%2025Western Africa
146Malta0.5%2025Southern Europe
147Kazakhstan0.4%2025Central Asia
148Sierra Leone0.4%2025Western Africa
149Papua New Guinea0.3%2025Melanesia
150Ireland0.2%2025Northern Europe
151Mauritius0.1%2025Eastern Africa
152Haiti0.1%2025Caribbean
=153Costa Rica0.0%2025Central America
=153Iceland0.0%2025Northern Europe
=153Panama0.0%2025Central America

No World Bank figure for 39 countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Grenada, Kiribati, Laos, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, North Korea, Palau, 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, Venezuela, Yemen.

Questions

Which country has the highest military spending?
Ukraine has the highest military spending: 34.5% of GDP (2024). Next come Algeria (8.8% of GDP) and Israel (7.8% of GDP).
Which country has the lowest military spending?
Panama, with 0.0% of GDP (2025).
What is the typical military spending of a country?
The median of the 155 countries is 1.7% 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 2025. 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.