List of countries with highest military expenditures

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Military spending by country.

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 2024, 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] Template:Sticky header

40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2024[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][4]
for the year 2024

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 (2024)
[5]
List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020
[6]
Rank Country % of GDP
1 Template:Country data Ukraine 34.48%
2 Template:Country data Israel 8.78%
3 Template:Country data Algeria 7.97%
4 Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 7.30%
5 Template:Country data Russia 7.05%
6 Template:Country data Myanmar 6.79%
7 Template:Country data Oman 5.59%
8 Template:Country data Armenia 5.48%
9 Template:Country data Azerbaijan 4.99%
10 Template:Country data Kuwait 4.84%
11 Template:Country data Jordan 4.80%
12 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 4.68%
13 Template:Country data Mali 4.20%
14 Template:Country data Poland 4.15%
15 Template:Country data Burundi 3.80%
16 Template:Country data Brunei 3.58%
17 Template:Country data Morocco 3.52%
18 Template:Country data United States of America 3.42%
19 Template:Country data Estonia 3.37%
20 Template:Country data Colombia 3.36%
21 Template:Country data Latvia 3.26%
22 Template:Country data Greece 3.13%
23 Template:Country data Lithuania 3.12%
24 Template:Country data Chad 2.98%
25 Template:Country data Kyrgyz Republic 2.97%
Rank Country % of GDP
1 Template:Country data Oman 12.0%
2 Template:Country data Afghanistan 10.6%
3 Template:Country data Lebanon 10.5%
4 Template:Country data Kuwait 7.1%
5 Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 7.1%
6 Template:Country data Algeria 6.7%
7 Template:Country data Iraq 5.8%
8 Template:Country data UAE 5.6%
9 Template:Country data Azerbaijan 5.4%
10 Template:Country data Morocco 5.3%
11 Template:Country data Israel 5.2%
12 Template:Country data Jordan 4.9%
13 Template:Country data Armenia 4.8%
14 Template:Country data Mali 4.5%
15 Template:Country data Qatar 4.4%
* Italic values are SIPRI estimates.

See also

Notes

  1. a b c SIPRI estimate
  2. a b The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for National Gendarmerie and Żandarmeria Wojskowa.

References

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External links

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