China vs Ukraine: Military expenditure

China

2.25 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Ukraine

2.60 trillion current LCU

in 2024

China rank

26th

Ukraine rank

23rd

Military expenditure over time

Ukraine currently reports 2.60 trillion current LCU against 2.25 trillion current LCU in China, a difference of 345.78 billion current LCU.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 26th and Ukraine ranks 23rd of 167 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 8,248 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year)