Military spending
current US$ · no best or worst — largest to smallest
160 of 216 countries report a figure for military spending
World average: $16.64B
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | United States | $997.31B | 2024 | |
| #2 | People's Republic of China | $313.66B | 2024 | |
| #3 | Russia | $148.97B | 2024 | |
| #4 | Germany | $88.46B | 2024 | |
| #5 | India | $86.13B | 2024 | |
| #6 | United Kingdom | $81.76B | 2024 | |
| #7 | Saudi Arabia | $80.33B | 2024 | |
| #8 | Ukraine | $64.70B | 2024 | |
| #9 | France | $64.68B | 2024 | |
| #10 | Japan | $55.27B | 2024 | |
| #11 | South Korea | $47.57B | 2024 | |
| #12 | Israel | $46.51B | 2024 | |
| #13 | Poland | $38.00B | 2024 | |
| #14 | Italy | $37.96B | 2024 | |
| #15 | Australia | $33.82B | 2024 | |
| #16 | Canada | $29.35B | 2024 | |
| #17 | Turkey | $24.98B | 2024 | |
| #18 | Spain | $24.62B | 2024 | |
| #19 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | $23.18B | 2024 | |
| #20 | Algeria | $21.81B | 2024 | |
| #21 | Brazil | $20.95B | 2024 | |
| #22 | Mexico | $16.73B | 2024 | |
| #23 | Qatar | $15.41B | 2022 | |
| #24 | Colombia | $15.10B | 2024 | |
| #25 | Singapore | $15.06B | 2024 | |
| #26 | Sweden | $12.04B | 2024 | |
| #27 | Indonesia | $11.04B | 2024 | |
| #28 | Norway | $10.44B | 2024 | |
| #29 | Pakistan | $10.17B | 2024 | |
| #30 | Denmark | $9.96B | 2024 | |
| #31 | Romania | $8.72B | 2024 | |
| #32 | Belgium | $8.56B | 2024 | |
| #33 | Greece | $8.02B | 2024 | |
| #34 | Iran | $7.89B | 2024 | |
| #35 | Kuwait | $7.79B | 2024 | |
| #36 | Finland | $6.99B | 2024 | |
| #37 | Switzerland | $6.72B | 2024 | |
| #38 | Czech Republic | $6.52B | 2024 | |
| #39 | Iraq | $6.18B | 2024 | |
| #40 | Philippines | $6.12B | 2024 | |
| #41 | Oman | $5.99B | 2024 | |
| #42 | Thailand | $5.52B | 2024 | |
| #43 | Morocco | $5.52B | 2024 | |
| #44 | Vietnam | $5.50B | 2018 | |
| #45 | Austria | $5.26B | 2024 | |
| #46 | Chile | $5.11B | 2024 | |
| #47 | Myanmar | $5.01B | 2024 | |
| #48 | Hungary | $4.73B | 2024 | |
| #49 | Portugal | $4.64B | 2024 | |
| #50 | Malaysia | $4.31B | 2024 | |
| #51 | Argentina | $4.18B | 2024 | |
| #52 | Bangladesh | $4.03B | 2024 | |
| #53 | Azerbaijan | $3.78B | 2024 | |
| #54 | New Zealand | $3.00B | 2024 | |
| #55 | Slovakia | $2.85B | 2024 | |
| #56 | South Africa | $2.84B | 2024 | |
| #57 | Ecuador | $2.70B | 2024 | |
| #58 | Lithuania | $2.63B | 2024 | |
| #59 | Peru | $2.57B | 2024 | |
| #60 | Jordan | $2.56B | 2024 | |
| #61 | Egypt | $2.40B | 2024 | |
| #62 | Bulgaria | $2.33B | 2024 | |
| #63 | Serbia | $2.32B | 2024 | |
| #64 | South Sudan | $2.03B | 2024 | |
| #65 | Uruguay | $1.74B | 2024 | |
| #66 | Croatia | $1.63B | 2024 | |
| #67 | North Korea | $1.60B | 2018 | |
| #68 | Libya | $1.57B | 2023 | |
| #69 | Belarus | $1.49B | 2024 | |
| #70 | Estonia | $1.44B | 2024 | |
| #71 | Uzbekistan | $1.44B | 2018 | |
| #72 | Latvia | $1.43B | 2024 | |
| #73 | Armenia | $1.42B | 2024 | |
| #74 | Bahrain | $1.38B | 2024 | |
| #75 | Sri Lanka | $1.33B | 2024 | |
| #76 | Ireland | $1.33B | 2024 | |
| #77 | Tunisia | $1.31B | 2024 | |
| #78 | Kenya | $1.23B | 2024 | |
| #79 | Kazakhstan | $1.21B | 2024 | |
| #80 | Nigeria | $1.13B | 2024 | |
| #81 | Uganda | $1.12B | 2024 | |
| #82 | Burkina Faso | $1.02B | 2024 | |
| #83 | Dominican Republic | $981.0M | 2024 | |
| #84 | Slovenia | $951.9M | 2024 | |
| #85 | Mali | $929.3M | 2024 | |
| #86 | Angola | $922.1M | 2024 | |
| #87 | Ethiopia | $921.7M | 2024 | |
| #88 | Tanzania | $920.8M | 2024 | |
| #89 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $899.2M | 2024 | |
| #90 | Luxembourg | $871.6M | 2024 | |
| #91 | Cambodia | $720.5M | 2024 | |
| #92 | Ivory Coast | $658.4M | 2024 | |
| #93 | Bolivia | $655.1M | 2024 | |
| #94 | Lebanon | $635.5M | 2024 | |
| #95 | Georgia | $615.9M | 2024 | |
| #96 | Cyprus | $598.2M | 2024 | |
| #97 | Honduras | $581.3M | 2024 | |
| #98 | Botswana | $567.8M | 2024 | |
| #99 | Guinea | $562.5M | 2024 | |
| #100 | Brunei | $558.6M | 2024 | |
| #101 | Chad | $557.7M | 2024 | |
| #102 | Albania | $535.5M | 2024 | |
| #103 | Cameroon | $534.9M | 2024 | |
| #104 | Senegal | $514.9M | 2024 | |
| #105 | Kyrgyzstan | $473.0M | 2024 | |
| #106 | Mozambique | $450.4M | 2024 | |
| #107 | Niger | $435.9M | 2024 | |
| #108 | Nepal | $426.5M | 2024 | |
| #109 | El Salvador | $425.2M | 2024 | |
| #110 | Guatemala | $415.2M | 2024 | |
| #111 | Paraguay | $414.0M | 2024 | |
| #112 | Sudan | $375.2M | 2021 | |
| #113 | Namibia | $362.4M | 2024 | |
| #114 | North Macedonia | $353.7M | 2024 | |
| #115 | Zambia | $349.7M | 2024 | |
| #116 | Gabon | $319.1M | 2024 | |
| #117 | Afghanistan | $278.3M | 2021 | |
| #118 | Ghana | $268.7M | 2024 | |
| #119 | Jamaica | $262.5M | 2024 | |
| #120 | Mauritania | $260.1M | 2024 | |
| #121 | Tajikistan | $246.4M | 2024 | |
| #122 | Trinidad and Tobago | $234.5M | 2024 | |
| #123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $216.0M | 2024 | |
| #124 | Somalia | $201.9M | 2024 | |
| #125 | Guyana | $201.8M | 2024 | |
| #126 | Togo | $195.3M | 2024 | |
| #127 | Republic of the Congo | $182.0M | 2024 | |
| #128 | Mongolia | $180.8M | 2024 | |
| #129 | Rwanda | $175.9M | 2024 | |
| #130 | Burundi | $171.8M | 2024 | |
| #131 | Kosovo | $165.6M | 2024 | |
| #132 | Benin | $154.1M | 2024 | |
| #133 | Montenegro | $150.0M | 2024 | |
| #134 | Cuba | $128.6M | 2018 | |
| #135 | Madagascar | $121.6M | 2024 | |
| #136 | Malawi | $117.6M | 2024 | |
| #137 | Equatorial Guinea | $113.1M | 2024 | |
| #138 | Moldova | $110.7M | 2024 | |
| #139 | Malta | $109.3M | 2024 | |
| #140 | Nicaragua | $105.3M | 2024 | |
| #141 | Zimbabwe | $98.4M | 2024 | |
| #142 | Papua New Guinea | $91.0M | 2024 | |
| #143 | Eswatini | $79.7M | 2024 | |
| #144 | Fiji | $77.6M | 2024 | |
| #145 | Central African Republic | $71.2M | 2024 | |
| #146 | Timor-Leste | $46.4M | 2024 | |
| #147 | Sierra Leone | $36.4M | 2024 | |
| #148 | Lesotho | $36.3M | 2024 | |
| #149 | Liberia | $33.8M | 2024 | |
| #150 | Belize | $30.1M | 2024 | |
| #151 | Seychelles | $26.9M | 2024 | |
| #152 | Guinea-Bissau | $25.3M | 2023 | |
| #153 | Mauritius | $23.0M | 2024 | |
| #154 | Haiti | $19.8M | 2024 | |
| #155 | Cape Verde | $16.8M | 2024 | |
| #156 | The Gambia | $14.4M | 2024 | |
| #157 | Costa Rica | $0 | 2024 | |
| #158 | Iceland | $0 | 2024 | |
| #159 | Panama | $0 | 2024 | |
| #160 | Venezuela | $0 | 2024 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Barbados | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | Bhutan | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Comoros | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Djibouti | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Laos | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Maldives | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Samoa | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint Lucia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Suriname | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | Tonga | — | — | |
| — | Turkmenistan | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | United Arab Emirates | — | — | |
| — | Vanuatu | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palestine | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)