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List of countries with highest military expenditures

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The following is a list of countries with the highest military expenditures.

Highest military expenditure

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 40 military spenders as of 2024, based on current market exchange rates.

The second list is based on the 2025 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.

RankCountrySpending
(US$ bn)% of GDP% of global
spending
1United States of America United States997.03.435.5
2People's Republic of China China314.01.711.2
3Russia Russia149.07.19.3
4Germany Germany88.51.93.2
5India India86.12.33.1
6Great Britain United Kingdom81.82.33.0
7Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia80.37.43.0
8Ukraine Ukraine64.734.02.4
9France France64.72.12.4
10Japan Japan55.31.42.0
11South Korea South Korea47.62.61.8
12Israel Israel46.58.81.7
13Poland Poland38.04.21.4
14Italy Italy38.01.61.4
15Australia Australia33.81.91.2
16Canada Canada29.31.31.1
17Turkey Turkey25.01.91.0
18Spain Spain24.61.40.9
19Netherlands Netherlands23.21.90.7
20Algeria Algeria21.88.00.7
21Brazil Brazil20.91.00.7
22Mexico Mexico16.70.90.6
23Taiwan Taiwan16.52.10.5
24Colombia Colombia15.13.40.5
25Singapore Singapore15.12.80.4
26Sweden Sweden12.02.00.4
27Indonesia Indonesia11.00.80.4
28Norway Norway10.42.10.4
29Pakistan Pakistan10.22.70.4
30Denmark Denmark10.02.40.3
31Romania Romania8.72.30.3
32Belgium Belgium8.61.30.3
33Greece Greece8.03.10.3
34Iran Iran7.92.00.3
35Kuwait Kuwait7.84.80.3
36Finland Finland7.02.30.3
37Switzerland Switzerland6.70.70.2
38Czech Republic Czech Republic6.51.90.2
39Iraq Iraq6.22.40.2
40Philippines Philippines6.11.30.2

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RankCountrySpending
(US$ bn)
1United States of America United States968.0
2People's Republic of China China235.0
3Russia Russia145.9
4Germany Germany86.0
5Great Britain United Kingdom81.1
6India India74.4
7Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia71.7
8France France64.0
9Japan Japan53.0
10South Korea South Korea43.9
11Australia Australia36.4
12Italy Italy35.2
13Israel Israel33.7
14Ukraine Ukraine28.4
15Poland Poland28.4
16Canada Canada27.0
17Brazil Brazil24.4
18Netherlands Netherlands23.6
19United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates22.3
20Algeria Algeria21.4
21Spain Spain19.4
22Taiwan Taiwan18.9
23Singapore Singapore15.2
24Turkey Turkey14.3
25Iraq Iraq12.7
26Sweden Sweden12.3
27Indonesia Indonesia10.9
28Mexico Mexico10.2
29Norway Norway9.8
30Qatar Qatar9.7

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Highest military expenditure, share of GDP

The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years:

The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

As a share of GDP

RankCountry% of GDP
*1*Ukraine34.48%
*2*Israel8.78%
3Algeria7.97%
*4*Saudi Arabia*7.30%*
5Russia*7.05%*
*6*Myanmar*6.79%*
7Oman*5.59%*
*8*Armenia5.48%
9Azerbaijan4.99%
10Kuwait4.84%
11Jordan4.80%
12Burkina Faso4.68%
13Mali4.20%
14Poland4.15%
15Burundi3.80%
16Brunei3.58%
*17*Morocco3.52%
18United States3.42%
19Estonia3.37%
*20*Colombia3.36%
21Latvia3.26%
22Greece3.13%
*23*Lithuania3.12%
{{flag24Chad2.98%
25Kyrgyzstan*2.97%*

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RankCountry% of GDP
1Oman12.0%
2Afghanistan10.6%
3Lebanon10.5%
4Kuwait7.1%
5Saudi Arabia7.1%
6Algeria6.7%
7Iraq5.8%
8UAE5.6%
9Azerbaijan5.4%
10Morocco5.3%
11Israel5.2%
12Jordan4.9%
13Armenia4.8%
14Mali4.5%
15Qatar4.4%

|- |* Italic values are SIPRI estimates. | |}

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Notes

References

References

  1. "The Military Balance 2025: Defence Spending and Procurement Trends".
  2. (April 2025). "Trends in Military Expenditure 2024". [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]].
  3. "Interactive: Global defence spending in 2024".
  4. "Global defence spending soars to new high".
  5. (2025-04-28). "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database".
  6. (January 2021). "IISS Military Balance 2021". International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  7. SIPRI estimate
  8. The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for [[National Gendarmerie]] and [[Żandarmeria Wojskowa]].
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