This is a list of countries with 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 2023, based on current market exchange rates.[1]

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.[2]

40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2023[1]
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database 		List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies

2025 edition of "The Military Balance" from the
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)[2][3]

Rank Country Spending
(US$ bn)		 % of GDP % of global
spending
1 United States United States 916.0 3.4 37
2 China China[a] 296.0 1.7 12
3 Russia Russia[a] 109.0 5.9 4.5
4 India India 83.6 2.4 3.4
5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[a][b] 75.8 7.1 3.1
6 United Kingdom United Kingdom 74.9 2.3 3.1
7 Germany Germany 66.8 1.5 2.7
8 Ukraine Ukraine 64.8 37.0 2.7
9 France France[c] 61.3 2.1 2.5
10 Japan Japan 50.2 1.2 2.1
11 South Korea South Korea 47.9 2.8 2.0
12 Italy Italy 35.5 1.6 1.5
13 Australia Australia 32.3 1.9 1.3
14 Poland Poland[c] 31.6 3.8 1.3
15 Israel Israel 27.5 5.3 1.1
16 Canada Canada 27.2 1.3 1.1
17 Spain Spain 23.7 1.5 1.0
18 Brazil Brazil 22.9 1.1 0.9
19 Algeria Algeria 18.3 8.2 0.7
20 Netherlands Netherlands 16.6 1.5 0.7
21 Taiwan Taiwan 16.6 2.2 0.7
22 Turkey Turkey 15.8 1.5 0.6
23 Singapore Singapore 13.2 2.7 0.5
24 Mexico Mexico 11.8 0.7 0.5
25 Colombia Colombia 10.7 2.9 0.4
26 Iran Iran 10.3 2.1 0.4
27 Indonesia Indonesia 9.5 0.7 0.4
28 Sweden Sweden 8.8 1.5 0.4
29 Norway Norway 8.7 1.6 0.4
30 Pakistan Pakistan 8.5 2.8 0.3
31 Denmark Denmark 8.1 2.0 0.3
32 Kuwait Kuwait 7.8 4.9 0.3
33 Greece Greece 7.7 3.2 0.3
34 Belgium Belgium 7.6 1.2 0.3
35 Finland Finland 7.3 2.4 0.3
36 Switzerland Switzerland 6.3 0.7 0.3
37 Oman Oman 5.9 5.4 0.2
38 Thailand Thailand 5.8 1.2 0.2
39 Romania Romania 5.6 1.6 0.2
40 Chile Chile 5.5 1.6 0.2
Rank Country Spending
(US$ bn)
1 United States United States 968.0
2 China China 235.0
3 Russia Russia 145.9
4 Germany Germany 86.0
5 United Kingdom United Kingdom 81.1
6 India India 74.4
7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 71.7
8 France France 64.0
9 Japan Japan 53.0
10 South Korea South Korea 43.9
11 Australia Australia 36.4
12 Italy Italy 35.2
13 Israel Israel 33.7
14 Ukraine Ukraine 28.4
15 Poland Poland 28.4
16 Canada Canada 27.0
17 Brazil Brazil 24.4
18 Netherlands Netherlands 23.6
19 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 22.3
20 Algeria Algeria 21.4
21 Spain Spain 19.4
22 Taiwan Taiwan 18.9
23 Singapore Singapore 15.2
24 Turkey Turkey 14.3
25 Iraq Iraq 12.7
26 Sweden Sweden 12.3
27 Indonesia Indonesia 10.9
28 Mexico Mexico 10.2
29 Norway Norway 9.8
30 Qatar Qatar 9.7

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

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2023)[5] 		List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020[6]
Rank Country % of GDP
1  Ukraine 36.65%
2  Lebanon 8.91%
3  Algeria 8.17%
4  Saudi Arabia 7.09%
5  South Sudan 6.26%
6  Russia 5.86%
7  Armenia 5.45%
8  Oman 5.40%
9  Israel 5.32%
10  Jordan 4.91%
11  Kuwait 4.90%
12  Azerbaijan 4.60%
13  Togo 4.01%
14  Burkina Faso 4.01%
15  Poland 3.83%
16  Mali 3.83%
17  Myanmar 3.79%
18  Burundi 3.66%
19  Morocco 3.64%
20  Kyrgyzstan 3.62%
21  United States 3.36%
22  Greece 3.23%
23  Bahrain 3.11%
24  Brunei 2.97%
25  Chad 2.91%
Rank Country % of GDP
1  Oman 12.0
2  Afghanistan 10.6
3  Lebanon 10.5
4  Kuwait 7.1
5  Saudi Arabia 7.1
6  Algeria 6.7
7  Iraq 5.8
8  UAE 5.6
9  Azerbaijan 5.4
10  Morocco 5.3
11  Israel 5.2
12  Jordan 4.9
13  Armenia 4.8
14  Mali 4.5
15  Qatar 4.4
* Italic values are SIPRI estimates.


See also


Notes

  1. ^ a b c SIPRI estimate
  2. ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.[citation needed]
  3. ^ a b The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for Gendarmerie nationale and Żandarmeria Wojskowa.


References

  1. ^ a b "Trends in Military Expenditure 2023" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The Military Balance 2025: Defence Spending and Procurement Trends". IISS. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Interactive: Global defence spending in 2024". IISS. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/2404_fs_milex_2023.pdf#page=2
  5. ^ "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Sipri.org. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  6. ^ "IISS Military Balance 2021". The Military Balance. 121 (1). International Institute for Strategic Studies: 23–29. January 2021. doi:10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791. S2CID 232050862. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditure
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