List of countries by military expenditures
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Map of military spending as a percentage of GDP for countries according to SIPRI, 2022[1]
Global military spending in 2021
This is a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.[1]
Military expenditure, total[edit]
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2022 fact sheet
The first list is based on the SIPRI fact sheet which includes a list of the world’s top 15 military spenders in 2022, based on current market exchange rates.[1]
The second list is based on the 2022 edition of “The Military Balance” published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.[2]
Russian and Chinese military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to captive markets and Purchasing Price Parity in those countries.[3][4]
| Country | Military Spending (US$ bn) |
Population | Military spending per capita (US $) |
GDP (US$ bn) |
% of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
12.00 | 40,754,388 | 294.45 | 19.54 | 61.40 |
 Albania
|
0.25 | 2,866,374 | 87.22 | 13.04 | 1.92 |
 Algeria
|
13.00 | 45,350,148 | 286.66 | 167.56 | 7.76 |
 Angola
|
7.00 | 35,027,343 | 199.84 | 122.12 | 5.73 |
 Argentina
|
4.20 | 46,010,234 | 91.28 | 637.43 | 0.66 |
 Armenia
|
1.39 | 2,971,966 | 467.70 | 11.54 | 12.05 |
 Australia
|
26.30 | 26,068,792 | 1008.87 | 1323.42 | 1.99 |
 Austria
|
3.38 | 9,066,710 | 372.79 | 416.84 | 0.81 |
 Azerbaijan
|
2.81 | 10,300,205 | 272.81 | 40.75 | 6.90 |
 Bahrain
|
1.42 | 1,783,983 | 795.97 | 35.43 | 4.01 |
 Bangladesh
|
4.6 | 167,885,689 | 27 | 460 | 1.00 |
 Belgium
|
4.92 | 11,668,278 | 421.66 | 494.76 | 0.99 |
 Bhutan
|
0.03 | 787,941 | 31.88 | 2.53 | 0.99 |
 Bolivia
|
0.66 | 11,992,656 | 55.03 | 37.51 | 1.76 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0.17 | 3,249,317 | 50.78 | 18.05 | 0.91 |
 Botswana
|
0.45 | 2,441,162 | 184.34 | 17.41 | 2.59 |
 Brazil
|
27.80 | 215,353,593 | 129.09 | 2053.59 | 1.35 |
 Bulgaria
|
1.08 | 6,844,597 | 157.79 | 58.22 | 1.86 |
 Burkina Faso
|
0.13 | 22,102,838 | 5.88 | 12.32 | 1.05 |
 Cambodia
|
0.60 | 17,168,639 | 35.18 | 22.16 | 2.73 |
 Cameroon
|
0.35 | 27,911,548 | 12.43 | 34.92 | 0.99 |
 Canada
|
22.50 | 38,388,419 | 586.11 | 1647.12 | 1.37 |
 Central African Republic
|
0.02 | 5,016,678 | 3.99 | 1.95 | 1.03 |
 Chad
|
0.20 | 17,413,580 | 11.49 | 9.87 | 2.03 |
 Chile
|
4.25 | 19,250,195 | 220.78 | 277.08 | 1.53 |
 China
|
237.00 | 1,448,471,400 | 163.62 | 12237.70 | 1.94 |
 Colombia
|
10.60 | 51,512,762 | 205.77 | 314.46 | 3.37 |
 Croatia
|
0.80 | 4,059,286 | 197.08 | 55.21 | 1.45 |
 Cuba
|
0.50 | 11,305,652 | 44.23 | 96.85 | 0.52 |
 Czech Republic
|
2.97 | 10,736,784 | 276.62 | 215.91 | 1.38 |
 Denmark
|
4.76 | 5,834,950 | 815.77 | 329.87 | 1.44 |
 Dominican Republic
|
0.76 | 11,056,370 | 68.74 | 75.93 | 1.00 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.10 | 95,240,792 | 1.05 | 37.64 | 0.27 |
 Ecuador
|
2.50 | 18,113,361 | 138.02 | 104.30 | 2.40 |
 Egypt
|
11.20 | 106,156,692 | 105.50 | 235.37 | 4.76 |
 El Salvador
|
0.17 | 6,550,389 | 25.49 | 24.81 | 0.67 |
 Estonia
|
0.69 | 1,321,910 | 518.19 | 26.61 | 2.57 |
 Ethiopia
|
0.35 | 120,812,698 | 2.90 | 80.56 | 0.43 |
 Finland
|
3.57 | 5,554,960 | 642.67 | 252.30 | 1.41 |
 France
|
41.50 | 65,584,518 | 632.77 | 2582.50 | 1.61 |
 Gabon
|
0.08 | 2,331,533 | 35.60 | 15.01 | 0.55 |
 Georgia
|
0.33 | 3,968,738 | 82.39 | 15.08 | 2.17 |
 Germany
|
50.00 | 83,883,596 | 596.06 | 3693.20 | 1.35 |
 Ghana
|
0.71 | 32,395,450 | 21.92 | 59.00 | 1.20 |
 Greece
|
4.84 | 10,316,637 | 469.15 | 203.09 | 2.38 |
 Guatemala
|
0.24 | 18,584,039 | 12.91 | 75.62 | 0.32 |
 Honduras
|
0.21 | 10,221,247 | 20.06 | 22.98 | 0.89 |
 Hungary
|
2.08 | 9,606,259 | 216.53 | 139.76 | 1.49 |
 India
|
61.00 | 1,406,631,776 | 43.37 | 2650.73 | 2.30 |
 Indonesia
|
7.60 | 279,134,505 | 27.23 | 1015.42 | 0.75 |
 Iran
|
19.60 | 86,022,837 | 227.85 | 454.01 | 4.32 |
 Iraq
|
1.73 | 42,164,965 | 41.03 | 192.06 | 0.90 |
 Ireland
|
0.87 | 5,020,199 | 173.30 | 331.43 | 0.26 |
 Israel
|
20.00 | 8,922,892 | 2241.43 | 353.27 | 5.66 |
 Italy
|
27.80 | 60,262,770 | 461.31 | 1943.84 | 1.43 |
 Ivory Coast
|
0.55 | 27,742,298 | 19.83 | 37.35 | 1.47 |
 Japan
|
49.00 | 125,584,838 | 390.17 | 4872.42 | 1.01 |
 Jordan
|
2.60 | 10,300,869 | 252.41 | 40.07 | 6.49 |
 Kazakhstan
|
4.00 | 19,205,043 | 208.28 | 162.89 | 2.46 |
 Kenya
|
0.12 | 56,215,221 | 2.15 | 79.26 | 0.15 |
 Kuwait
|
6.83 | 4,380,326 | 1559.24 | 120.13 | 5.69 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
0.02 | 6,728,271 | 2.97 | 7.56 | 0.26 |
 Laos
|
0.02 | 7,481,023 | 2.47 | 16.85 | 0.11 |
 Latvia
|
0.72 | 1,848,837 | 391.60 | 30.46 | 2.38 |
 Lebanon
|
2.50 | 6,684,849 | 373.98 | 53.58 | 4.67 |
 Liberia
|
0.01 | 5,305,117 | 2.45 | 3.29 | 0.40 |
 Libya
|
3.00 | 7,040,745 | 426.09 | 38.11 | 7.87 |
 Lithuania
|
1.11 | 2,661,708 | 417.03 | 47.54 | 2.33 |
 Madagascar
|
0.12 | 29,178,077 | 3.94 | 11.50 | 1.00 |
 Malaysia
|
4.00 | 33,181,072 | 120.55 | 314.71 | 1.27 |
 Mali
|
0.07 | 21,473,764 | 3.26 | 15.33 | 0.46 |
 Mauritania
|
0.05 | 4,901,981 | 10.25 | 5.02 | 1.00 |
 Mexico
|
7.00 | 131,562,772 | 53.21 | 1150.89 | 0.61 |
 Moldova
|
0.03 | 4,013,171 | 7.48 | 8.13 | 0.37 |
 Mongolia
|
0.16 | 3,378,078 | 45.88 | 11.43 | 1.36 |
 Montenegro
|
0.07 | 627,950 | 103.51 | 4.84 | 1.34 |
 Morocco
|
10.00 | 37,772,756 | 264.74 | 109.71 | 9.12 |
 Mozambique
|
0.25 | 33,089,461 | 7.40 | 12.65 | 1.94 |
 Myanmar
|
2.65 | 55,227,143 | 47.98 | 67.07 | 3.95 |
 Namibia
|
0.51 | 2,633,874 | 191.73 | 13.25 | 3.81 |
 Nepal
|
0.21 | 30,225,582 | 7.05 | 24.88 | 0.86 |
 Netherlands
|
12.42 | 17,211,447 | 721.61 | 830.57 | 1.50 |
 New Zealand
|
4.30 | 4,898,203 | 877.87 | 204.14 | 2.11 |
 Nicaragua
|
0.14 | 6,779,100 | 20.65 | 13.81 | 1.01 |
 Nigeria
|
2.15 | 216,746,934 | 9.92 | 375.75 | 0.57 |
 North Korea
|
1.60 | 25,990,679 | 61.56 | ||
 North Macedonia
|
0.11 | 2,081,304 | 51.96 | 11.28 | 0.96 |
 Norway
|
7.18 | 5,511,370 | 1302.76 | 399.49 | 1.80 |
 Oman
|
8.69 | 5,323,993 | 1632.23 | 70.78 | 12.28 |
 Pakistan
|
11.40 | 229,488,994 | 49.68 | 304.95 | 3.74 |
 Panama
|
0.50 | 4,446,964 | 112.44 | 62.28 | 0.80 |
 Paraguay
|
0.25 | 7,305,843 | 34.22 | 39.67 | 0.63 |
 Peru
|
2.56 | 33,684,208 | 76.00 | 211.39 | 1.21 |
 Philippines
|
3.47 | 112,508,994 | 30.84 | 313.60 | 1.11 |
 Poland
|
12.00 | 37,739,785 | 317.97 | 526.47 | 2.28 |
 Portugal
|
3.36 | 10,140,570 | 331.34 | 219.31 | 1.53 |
 Qatar
|
6.00 | 2,979,915 | 2013.48 | 166.93 | 3.59 |
 Republic of the Congo
|
0.72 | 5,797,805 | 123.32 | 8.70 | 8.22 |
 Romania
|
5.05 | 19,031,335 | 265.35 | 211.88 | 2.38 |
 Russia
|
48.00 | 145,805,947 | 329.20 | 1578.42 | 3.04 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
67.60 | 35,844,909 | 1885.90 | 686.74 | 9.84 |
 Serbia
|
0.91 | 8,653,016 | 104.82 | 41.43 | 2.19 |
 Sierra Leone
|
0.08 | 8,306,436 | 9.09 | 3.78 | 2.00 |
 Singapore
|
11.20 | 5,943,546 | 1884.40 | 323.91 | 3.46 |
 Slovakia
|
2.12 | 5,460,193 | 388.26 | 95.62 | 2.22 |
 Slovenia
|
0.58 | 2,078,034 | 279.59 | 48.77 | 1.19 |
 Somalia
|
0.06 | 16,841,795 | 3.69 | ||
 South Africa
|
4.30 | 60,756,135 | 70.45 | 348.87 | 1.23 |
 South Korea
|
44.00 | 51,329,899 | 857.20 | 1530.75 | 2.87 |
 South Sudan
|
0.08 | 11,618,511 | 6.89 | ||
 Spain
|
15.10 | 46,719,142 | 323.21 | 1314.31 | 1.15 |
 Sri Lanka
|
2.50 | 21,575,842 | 115.87 | 87.36 | 2.86 |
 Sudan
|
2.47 | 45,992,020 | 53.70 | 117.49 | 2.10 |
 Suriname
|
0.06 | 596,831 | 105.56 | 3.00 | 2.10 |
 Sweden
|
6.33 | 10,218,971 | 619.44 | 535.61 | 1.18 |
 Switzerland
|
5.00 | 8,773,637 | 569.89 | 678.97 | 0.74 |
 Syria
|
1.80 | 19,364,809 | 92.95 | ||
 Taiwan
|
10.72 | 23,888,595 | 448.75 | ||
 Tajikistan
|
1.60 | 9,957,464 | 160.68 | 7.15 | 22.39 |
 Tanzania
|
0.22 | 63,298,550 | 3.52 | 53.32 | 0.42 |
 Thailand
|
7.10 | 70,078,203 | 101.32 | 455.30 | 1.56 |
 Tunisia
|
0.55 | 12,046,656 | 45.66 | 39.95 | 1.38 |
 Turkey
|
19.00 | 85,561,976 | 222.06 | 851.55 | 2.23 |
 Turkmenistan
|
0.20 | 6,201,943 | 32.25 | 37.93 | 0.53 |
 Uganda
|
0.94 | 48,432,863 | 19.31 | 26.00 | 3.60 |
 Ukraine
|
5.40 | 43,192,122 | 125.02 | 112.15 | 4.81 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
22.75 | 10,081,785 | 2256.54 | 382.58 | 5.95 |
 United Kingdom
|
55.10 | 68,497,907 | 804.40 | 2637.87 | 2.09 |
 United States
|
750.00 | 334,805,269 | 2240.11 | 19485.39 | 3.85 |
 Uruguay
|
4.95 | 3,496,016 | 1415.90 | 56.16 | 0.81 |
 Uzbekistan
|
0.98 | 34,382,084 | 28.36 | 49.68 | 1.96 |
 Venezuela
|
0.75 | 29,266,991 | 25.46 | ||
 Vietnam
|
5.50 | 98,953,541 | 55.58 | 223.78 | 2.46 |
 Yemen
|
1.40 | 31,154,867 | 44.94 | 31.27 | 4.48 |
 Zambia
|
0.04 | 19,470,234 | 2.05 | 25.87 | 0.15 |
 Zimbabwe
|
0.10 | 15,331,428 | 6.52 | 22.04 | 0.45 |
This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.
The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the SIPRI for the year 2019 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the SIPRI for the year 2019.
- ^ a b SIPRI estimate.
- ^ a b The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for Gendarmerie nationale and Żandarmeria Wojskowa. Inclusive of the Gendarmerie militarised police forces, France’s spending is circa $67.17bn and Poland $14.8bn
- ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.[citation needed]
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