Countries by Military Spending

Global country ranking by military spending with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Military Spending
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-09 04:02:08

Full ranking · Military Spending

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

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