Military expenditure (% of GDP) by country
Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product
Countries reporting
163
Highest
34.5%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.1%
Haiti
Median
1.8%
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
10,533
What the numbers show
Military expenditure (% of GDP) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 34.5% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.1% in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 2.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 504.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,062.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 83.0%).
Military expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 34.5% | 2024 | up 1,062.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Eritrea | 20.9% | 2003 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Israel | 8.8% | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Algeria | 8.0% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 7.3% | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 7.1% | 2024 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 6.8% | 2024 | up 79.3% | falling |
| 8 | Qatar | 6.5% | 2022 | up 341.0% | volatile |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 5.6% | 2014 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 10 | Oman | 5.6% | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 11 | Armenia | 5.5% | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 12 | Libya | 5.3% | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 5.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Kuwait | 4.8% | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Jordan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 4.7% | 2024 | up 267.8% | flat |
| 17 | Mali | 4.2% | 2024 | up 176.9% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 4.2% | 2024 | up 117.7% | falling |
| 19 | Syria | 4.1% | 2010 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 4.0% | 2014 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 21 | Burundi | 3.8% | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 22 | Brunei | 3.6% | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 23 | Morocco | 3.5% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 24 | United States | 3.4% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 25 | Estonia | 3.4% | 2024 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.4% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 27 | Latvia | 3.3% | 2024 | up 233.1% | rising |
| 28 | Greece | 3.1% | 2024 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 29 | Lithuania | 3.1% | 2024 | up 252.8% | rising |
| 30 | Chad | 3.0% | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 2.9% | 1999 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 2.9% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cuba | 2.9% | 2018 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 2.9% | 2018 | up 566.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Singapore | 2.8% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 37 | Botswana | 2.8% | 2024 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 2.7% | 2024 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 39 | Pakistan | 2.7% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 40 | East Timor | 2.7% | 2024 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 41 | Djibouti | 2.6% | 2008 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 2.6% | 2024 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 43 | Lebanon | 2.6% | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 44 | South Korea | 2.6% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 2.5% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 46 | Tunisia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 2.4% | 2024 | up 110.1% | falling |
| 48 | Iraq | 2.4% | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Uruguay | 2.3% | 2024 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 50 | Finland | 2.3% | 2024 | up 57.6% | falling |
| 51 | Romania | 2.3% | 2024 | up 70.5% | falling |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 2.3% | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 53 | India | 2.3% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 54 | Niger | 2.2% | 2024 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 2.2% | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 2.2% | 2024 | up 151.5% | falling |
| 57 | Mauritania | 2.2% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 2.1% | 2024 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 59 | North Macedonia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Norway | 2.1% | 2024 | up 43.0% | falling |
| 61 | Belarus | 2.1% | 2024 | up 98.9% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea | 2.1% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 63 | France | 2.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 64 | Albania | 2.0% | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovakia | 2.0% | 2024 | up 104.7% | falling |
| 66 | Iran | 2.0% | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 2.0% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 2.0% | 2024 | up 76.1% | falling |
| 69 | Mozambique | 2.0% | 2024 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 70 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2024 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Turkey | 1.9% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 72 | Czechia | 1.9% | 2024 | up 99.9% | falling |
| 73 | Netherlands | 1.9% | 2024 | up 67.0% | falling |
| 74 | Germany | 1.9% | 2024 | up 67.8% | falling |
| 75 | Australia | 1.9% | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 76 | Uganda | 1.9% | 2024 | up 103.5% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 1.9% | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 1.8% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 79 | Montenegro | 1.8% | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 1.8% | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 81 | Vietnam | 1.8% | 2018 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 83 | China | 1.7% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 84 | Cyprus | 1.6% | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Italy | 1.6% | 2024 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 86 | Somalia | 1.6% | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Chile | 1.6% | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 1.6% | 2024 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 89 | Lesotho | 1.6% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 90 | Senegal | 1.6% | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.5% | 2024 | up 34.4% | flat |
| 92 | Portugal | 1.5% | 2024 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 93 | Cambodia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 95 | Eswatini | 1.4% | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 96 | Spain | 1.4% | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 1.4% | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 1.4% | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 99 | Bolivia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 101 | Philippines | 1.3% | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 102 | Canada | 1.3% | 2024 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 1.3% | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 104 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2024 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 105 | Belgium | 1.3% | 2024 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 106 | Jamaica | 1.3% | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 1.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2% | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.2% | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 110 | New Zealand | 1.2% | 2024 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 111 | El Salvador | 1.2% | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Congo | 1.2% | 2024 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 113 | Seychelles | 1.2% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Tanzania | 1.2% | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Thailand | 1.1% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 116 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2024 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 118 | Angola | 1.0% | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 1.0% | 2024 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 120 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Malaysia | 1.0% | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.0% | 2024 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 123 | Nepal | 1.0% | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 1.0% | 1999 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 125 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2024 | up 162.4% | falling |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 0.9% | 2024 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 128 | Paraguay | 0.9% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan | 0.9% | 2021 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9% | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 131 | Peru | 0.9% | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Belize | 0.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 133 | Mexico | 0.9% | 2024 | up 80.3% | falling |
| 134 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Indonesia | 0.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7% | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Benin | 0.7% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 141 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 142 | Liberia | 0.7% | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2024 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 144 | South Africa | 0.7% | 2024 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Egypt | 0.7% | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Moldova | 0.6% | 2024 | up 103.9% | falling |
| 150 | Gambia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 151 | Nigeria | 0.6% | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0.5% | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Venezuela | 0.5% | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 0.5% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 155 | Malta | 0.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 0.4% | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 157 | Ghana | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 162 | Laos | 0.2% | 2013 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.1% | 2024 | up 92.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 1.5%
- Arab World 5.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 4.6%
- North America 3.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 2.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 2.9%
- High income 2.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 2.7%
- OECD members 2.6%
About this data
Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product