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Military spending by country — world rankings

Ranking 157 countries with data.

Military spending

Rank Country Value
1 Ukraine 34.5% (2024)
2 Eritrea 20.9% (2003)
3 Israel 8.8% (2024)
4 Algeria 8.0% (2024)
5 Saudi Arabia 7.3% (2024)
6 Russia 7.1% (2024)
7 Myanmar 6.8% (2024)
8 Qatar 6.5% (2022)
9 United Arab Emirates 5.6% (2014)
10 Oman 5.6% (2024)
11 Armenia 5.5% (2024)
12 Libya 5.3% (2023)
13 Azerbaijan 5.0% (2024)
14 Kuwait 4.8% (2024)
15 Jordan 4.8% (2024)
16 Burkina Faso 4.7% (2024)
17 Mali 4.2% (2024)
18 Poland 4.2% (2024)
19 Syria 4.1% (2010)
20 Yemen 4.0% (2014)
21 Burundi 3.8% (2024)
22 Brunei 3.6% (2024)
23 Morocco 3.5% (2024)
24 United States 3.4% (2024)
25 Estonia 3.4% (2024)
26 Colombia 3.4% (2024)
27 Latvia 3.3% (2024)
28 Greece 3.1% (2024)
29 Lithuania 3.1% (2024)
30 Chad 3.0% (2024)
31 Kyrgyzstan 3.0% (2024)
32 Turkmenistan 2.9% (1999)
33 Cuba 2.9% (2018)
34 Uzbekistan 2.9% (2018)
35 Botswana 2.8% (2024)
36 Namibia 2.7% (2024)
37 Pakistan 2.7% (2024)
38 Timor-Leste 2.7% (2024)
39 Djibouti 2.6% (2008)
40 Serbia 2.6% (2024)
41 Lebanon 2.6% (2024)
42 South Korea 2.6% (2024)
43 Central African Rep. 2.5% (2024)
44 Tunisia 2.5% (2024)
45 Denmark 2.4% (2024)
46 Iraq 2.4% (2024)
47 Uruguay 2.3% (2024)
48 Finland 2.3% (2024)
49 Romania 2.3% (2024)
50 United Kingdom 2.3% (2024)
51 India 2.3% (2024)
52 Niger 2.2% (2024)
53 Ecuador 2.2% (2024)
54 Hungary 2.2% (2024)
55 Mauritania 2.2% (2024)
56 Bulgaria 2.1% (2024)
57 Macedonia 2.1% (2024)
58 Norway 2.1% (2024)
59 Belarus 2.1% (2024)
60 Guinea 2.1% (2024)
61 France 2.1% (2024)
62 Albania 2.0% (2024)
63 Slovakia 2.0% (2024)
64 Iran 2.0% (2024)
65 Togo 2.0% (2024)
66 Sweden 2.0% (2024)
67 Mozambique 2.0% (2024)
68 S. Sudan 2.0% (2024)
69 Turkey 1.9% (2024)
70 Czechia 1.9% (2024)
71 Netherlands 1.9% (2024)
72 Germany 1.9% (2024)
73 Australia 1.9% (2024)
74 Uganda 1.9% (2024)
75 Georgia 1.9% (2024)
76 Tajikistan 1.8% (2024)
77 Montenegro 1.8% (2024)
78 Afghanistan 1.8% (2021)
79 Vietnam 1.8% (2018)
80 Croatia 1.8% (2024)
81 China 1.7% (2024)
82 Cyprus 1.6% (2024)
83 Italy 1.6% (2024)
84 Somalia 1.6% (2024)
85 Chile 1.6% (2024)
86 Honduras 1.6% (2024)
87 Lesotho 1.6% (2024)
88 Senegal 1.6% (2024)
89 Gabon 1.5% (2024)
90 Portugal 1.5% (2024)
91 Cambodia 1.5% (2024)
92 eSwatini 1.4% (2024)
93 Spain 1.4% (2024)
94 Sri Lanka 1.4% (2024)
95 Japan 1.4% (2024)
96 Bolivia 1.4% (2024)
97 Zambia 1.3% (2024)
98 Philippines 1.3% (2024)
99 Canada 1.3% (2024)
100 Fiji 1.3% (2024)
101 Slovenia 1.3% (2024)
102 Belgium 1.3% (2024)
103 Jamaica 1.3% (2024)
104 Rwanda 1.2% (2024)
105 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% (2023)
106 Dem. Rep. Congo 1.2% (2024)
107 New Zealand 1.2% (2024)
108 El Salvador 1.2% (2024)
109 Congo 1.2% (2024)
110 Tanzania 1.2% (2024)
111 Thailand 1.1% (2024)
112 Malawi 1.0% (2024)
113 Cameroon 1.0% (2024)
114 Angola 1.0% (2024)
115 Austria 1.0% (2024)
116 Kenya 1.0% (2024)
117 Malaysia 1.0% (2024)
118 Eq. Guinea 1.0% (2024)
119 Nepal 1.0% (2024)
120 Panama 1.0% (1999)
121 Brazil 1.0% (2024)
122 Luxembourg 1.0% (2024)
123 Bangladesh 0.9% (2024)
124 Paraguay 0.9% (2024)
125 Sudan 0.9% (2021)
126 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% (2024)
127 Peru 0.9% (2024)
128 Belize 0.9% (2024)
129 Mexico 0.9% (2024)
130 Guyana 0.9% (2024)
131 Dominican Rep. 0.8% (2024)
132 Indonesia 0.8% (2024)
133 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8% (2024)
134 Bosnia and Herz. 0.7% (2024)
135 Mongolia 0.7% (2024)
136 Benin 0.7% (2024)
137 Switzerland 0.7% (2024)
138 Liberia 0.7% (2024)
139 Madagascar 0.7% (2024)
140 South Africa 0.7% (2024)
141 Egypt 0.7% (2024)
142 Ethiopia 0.7% (2024)
143 Argentina 0.6% (2024)
144 Moldova 0.6% (2024)
145 Gambia 0.6% (2024)
146 Nigeria 0.6% (2024)
147 Nicaragua 0.5% (2024)
148 Venezuela 0.5% (2023)
149 Sierra Leone 0.5% (2024)
150 Kazakhstan 0.4% (2024)
151 Ghana 0.4% (2024)
152 Guatemala 0.4% (2024)
153 Zimbabwe 0.4% (2024)
154 Papua New Guinea 0.3% (2024)
155 Ireland 0.2% (2024)
156 Laos 0.2% (2013)
157 Haiti 0.1% (2024)

Ordered by value, highest first (ties break by country slug). Countries without data for this metric are not listed — they occupy no rank.

Surface area is computed from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries with an equal-area spherical formula — not the World Bank's land-area figure; population density is our own derived metric (latest population ÷ that area).

The unweighted median across the 157 countries with data is 1.8% — shown for context, not a world average.

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).