Countries by Military Spending

Compare countries by military spending using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Military Spending
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00

Full ranking · Military Spending

MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Ukraine 34.48 high open
2 Israel 8.78 high open
3 Algeria 7.97 high open
4 Saudi Arabia 7.3 high open
5 Russia 7.05 high open
6 Qatar 6.5 medium open
7 United Arab Emirates 5.64 medium open
8 Oman 5.59 medium open
9 Kuwait 4.84 medium open
10 Jordan 4.8 medium open
11 Poland 4.15 medium open
12 Morocco 3.52 medium open
13 United States 3.42 lower open
14 Estonia 3.37 lower open
15 Colombia 3.36 lower open
16 Latvia 3.26 lower open
17 Greece 3.13 lower open
18 Lithuania 3.12 lower open
19 Bahrain 2.89 lower open
20 Singapore 2.84 lower open
21 Pakistan 2.67 lower open
22 Serbia 2.6 lower open
23 South Korea 2.56 lower open
24 Tunisia 2.51 lower open
25 Denmark 2.42 lower open
26 Finland 2.3 lower open
27 Romania 2.3 lower open
28 United Kingdom 2.28 lower open
29 India 2.27 lower open
30 Hungary 2.16 lower open
31 Bulgaria 2.15 lower open
32 Norway 2.09 lower open
33 France 2.05 lower open
34 Slovakia 2.01 lower open
35 Sweden 2 lower open
36 Turkey 1.92 lower open
37 Czech Republic 1.92 lower open
38 Netherlands 1.92 lower open
39 Germany 1.89 lower open
40 Australia 1.88 lower open
41 Vietnam 1.81 lower open
42 Croatia 1.79 lower open
43 China 1.71 lower open
44 Italy 1.61 lower open
45 Chile 1.58 lower open
46 Portugal 1.53 lower open
47 Spain 1.43 lower open
48 Japan 1.37 lower open
49 Philippines 1.32 lower open
50 Canada 1.31 lower open
51 Slovenia 1.31 lower open
52 Belgium 1.28 lower open
53 New Zealand 1.19 lower open
54 Thailand 1.08 lower open
55 Austria 1 lower open
56 Kenya 1 lower open
57 Malaysia 0.99 lower open
58 Brazil 0.97 lower open
59 Luxembourg 0.96 lower open
60 Bangladesh 0.94 lower open
61 Peru 0.91 lower open
62 Mexico 0.89 lower open
63 Indonesia 0.78 lower open
64 Switzerland 0.72 lower open
65 South Africa 0.7 lower open
66 Egypt 0.67 lower open
67 Ethiopia 0.65 lower open
68 Argentina 0.62 lower open
69 Nigeria 0.56 lower open
70 Kazakhstan 0.43 lower open
71 Ghana 0.38 lower open
72 Ireland 0.24 lower open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Military Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Military Spending for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: military spending by country, global military spending ranking, country ranking military spending.