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Military spending

% of GDP · no best or worst — smallest to largest

156 of 216 countries report a figure for military spending

World average: 2.2%

Show largest first

RankCountryValueYear
#156Haiti0.1%2024
#155Mauritius0.1%2024
#154Ireland0.2%2024
#153Papua New Guinea0.3%2024
#152Zimbabwe0.4%2024
#151Guatemala0.4%2024
#150Ghana0.4%2024
#149Kazakhstan0.4%2024
#148Malta0.5%2024
#147Sierra Leone0.5%2024
#146Venezuela0.5%2023
#145Nicaragua0.5%2024
#144Nigeria0.6%2024
#143The Gambia0.6%2024
#142Moldova0.6%2024
#141Argentina0.6%2024
#140Cape Verde0.6%2024
#139Ethiopia0.7%2024
#138Egypt0.7%2024
#137South Africa0.7%2024
#136Madagascar0.7%2024
#135Liberia0.7%2024
#134Switzerland0.7%2024
#133Benin0.7%2024
#132Mongolia0.7%2024
#131Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7%2024
#130Ivory Coast0.8%2024
#129Indonesia0.8%2024
#128Dominican Republic0.8%2024
#127Guyana0.9%2024
#126Mexico0.9%2024
#125Belize0.9%2024
#124Peru0.9%2024
#123Trinidad and Tobago0.9%2024
#122Sudan0.9%2021
#121Paraguay0.9%2024
#120Bangladesh0.9%2024
#119Luxembourg1.0%2024
#118Brazil1.0%2024
#117Nepal1.0%2024
#116Equatorial Guinea1.0%2024
#115Malaysia1.0%2024
#114Kenya1.0%2024
#113Austria1.0%2024
#112Angola1.0%2024
#111Cameroon1.0%2024
#110Malawi1.0%2024
#109Thailand1.1%2024
#108Tanzania1.2%2024
#107Seychelles1.2%2024
#106Republic of the Congo1.2%2024
#105El Salvador1.2%2024
#104New Zealand1.2%2024
#103Democratic Republic of the Congo1.2%2024
#102Guinea-Bissau1.2%2023
#101Rwanda1.2%2024
#100Jamaica1.3%2024
#99Belgium1.3%2024
#98Slovenia1.3%2024
#97Fiji1.3%2024
#96Canada1.3%2024
#95Philippines1.3%2024
#94Zambia1.3%2024
#93Bolivia1.4%2024
#92Japan1.4%2024
#91Sri Lanka1.4%2024
#90Spain1.4%2024
#89Eswatini1.4%2024
#88Kosovo1.5%2024
#87Cambodia1.5%2024
#86Portugal1.5%2024
#85Gabon1.5%2024
#84Senegal1.6%2024
#83Lesotho1.6%2024
#82Honduras1.6%2024
#81Chile1.6%2024
#80Somalia1.6%2024
#79Italy1.6%2024
#78Cyprus1.6%2024
#77People's Republic of China1.7%2024
#76Croatia1.8%2024
#75Vietnam1.8%2018
#74Afghanistan1.8%2021
#73Montenegro1.8%2024
#72Tajikistan1.8%2024
#71Georgia1.9%2024
#70Uganda1.9%2024
#69Australia1.9%2024
#68Germany1.9%2024
#67Kingdom of the Netherlands1.9%2024
#66Czech Republic1.9%2024
#65Turkey1.9%2024
#64South Sudan2.0%2024
#63Mozambique2.0%2024
#62Sweden2.0%2024
#61Togo2.0%2024
#60Iran2.0%2024
#59Slovakia2.0%2024
#58Albania2.0%2024
#57France2.1%2024
#56Guinea2.1%2024
#55Belarus2.1%2024
#54Norway2.1%2024
#53North Macedonia2.1%2024
#52Bulgaria2.1%2024
#51Mauritania2.2%2024
#50Hungary2.2%2024
#49Ecuador2.2%2024
#48Niger2.2%2024
#47India2.3%2024
#46United Kingdom2.3%2024
#45Romania2.3%2024
#44Finland2.3%2024
#43Uruguay2.3%2024
#42Iraq2.4%2024
#41Denmark2.4%2024
#40Tunisia2.5%2024
#39Central African Republic2.5%2024
#38South Korea2.6%2024
#37Lebanon2.6%2024
#36Serbia2.6%2024
#35Timor-Leste2.7%2024
#34Pakistan2.7%2024
#33Namibia2.7%2024
#32Botswana2.8%2024
#31Singapore2.8%2024
#30Uzbekistan2.9%2018
#29Cuba2.9%2018
#28Bahrain2.9%2024
#27Kyrgyzstan3.0%2024
#26Chad3.0%2024
#25Lithuania3.1%2024
#24Greece3.1%2024
#23Latvia3.3%2024
#22Colombia3.4%2024
#21Estonia3.4%2024
#20United States3.4%2024
#19Morocco3.5%2024
#18Brunei3.6%2024
#17Burundi3.8%2024
#16Poland4.2%2024
#15Mali4.2%2024
#14Burkina Faso4.7%2024
#13Jordan4.8%2024
#12Kuwait4.8%2024
#11Azerbaijan5.0%2024
#10Libya5.3%2023
#9Armenia5.5%2024
#8Oman5.6%2024
#7Qatar6.5%2022
#6Myanmar6.8%2024
#5Russia7.1%2024
#4Saudi Arabia7.3%2024
#3Algeria8.0%2024
#2Israel8.8%2024
#1Ukraine34.5%2024
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)