Military Spending by Country
% of GDP · World Bank / SIPRI 2022 · 153 countries ranked
Military spending as a share of the economy
Full world ranking
| 1 | Ukraine | 36.5%of GDP | |
| 2 | Algeria | 7.4%of GDP | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 7.3%of GDP | |
| 4 | Qatar | 6.5%of GDP | |
| 5 | Oman | 5.5%of GDP | |
| 6 | Armenia | 5.5%of GDP | |
| 7 | Russia | 5.4%of GDP | |
| 8 | Israel | 5.4%of GDP | |
| 9 | Libya | 5.3%of GDP | |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 4.9%of GDP | |
| 11 | Jordan | 4.8%of GDP | |
| 12 | Kuwait | 4.8%of GDP | |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 4.1%of GDP | |
| 14 | Mali | 3.8%of GDP | |
| 15 | Myanmar | 3.8%of GDP | |
| 16 | Morocco | 3.6%of GDP | |
| 17 | Bahrain | 3.5%of GDP | |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5%of GDP | |
| 19 | Burundi | 3.4%of GDP | |
| 20 | United States | 3.3%of GDP | |
| 21 | Poland | 3.3%of GDP | |
| 22 | Togo | 3.0%of GDP | |
| 23 | Estonia | 3.0%of GDP | |
| 24 | Brunei | 3.0%of GDP | |
| 25 | Latvia | 3.0%of GDP | |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.0%of GDP | |
| 27 | Greece | 2.9%of GDP | |
| 28 | Pakistan | 2.9%of GDP | |
| 29 | Singapore | 2.8%of GDP | |
| 30 | Namibia | 2.7%of GDP | |
| 31 | Lithuania | 2.7%of GDP | |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 2.6%of GDP | |
| 33 | South Korea | 2.6%of GDP | |
| 34 | Tunisia | 2.5%of GDP | |
| 35 | Botswana | 2.5%of GDP | |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 2.4%of GDP | |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 2.4%of GDP | |
| 38 | India | 2.4%of GDP | |
| 39 | Iran | 2.4%of GDP | |
| 40 | Ecuador | 2.3%of GDP | |
| 41 | Iraq | 2.3%of GDP | |
| 42 | Mauritania | 2.3%of GDP | |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 2.2%of GDP | |
| 44 | Serbia | 2.2%of GDP | |
| 45 | Guinea | 2.1%of GDP | |
| 46 | Chad | 2.1%of GDP | |
| 47 | Uruguay | 2.1%of GDP | |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.1%of GDP | |
| 49 | Hungary | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 50 | Belarus | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 51 | Finland | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 52 | Denmark | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 53 | Republic of the Congo | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 54 | Niger | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 55 | France | 2.0%of GDP | |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 1.9%of GDP | |
| 57 | Mozambique | 1.9%of GDP | |
| 58 | Australia | 1.9%of GDP | |
| 59 | Slovakia | 1.8%of GDP | |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 1.8%of GDP | |
| 61 | Norway | 1.8%of GDP | |
| 62 | Uganda | 1.8%of GDP | |
| 63 | Albania | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 64 | Turkey | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 65 | Croatia | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 67 | China | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 68 | Georgia | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 69 | Cyprus | 1.7%of GDP | |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 71 | Chile | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 72 | Lesotho | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 73 | Lebanon | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 74 | Italy | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 75 | Romania | 1.6%of GDP | |
| 76 | Cambodia | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 77 | Honduras | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 78 | Montenegro | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 80 | Sweden | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 81 | Germany | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 82 | Seychelles | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 83 | Senegal | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 84 | Czechia | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 85 | Spain | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 86 | Portugal | 1.5%of GDP | |
| 87 | Netherlands | 1.4%of GDP | |
| 88 | Liberia | 1.4%of GDP | |
| 89 | Angola | 1.4%of GDP | |
| 90 | Eswatini | 1.4%of GDP | |
| 91 | Zambia | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 92 | El Salvador | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 93 | Fiji | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 94 | Gabon | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 95 | Slovenia | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 96 | Bolivia | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 97 | Somalia | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 98 | Kosovo | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 99 | Canada | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 100 | Rwanda | 1.3%of GDP | |
| 101 | Peru | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 103 | New Zealand | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 104 | Tanzania | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 105 | Jamaica | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 106 | Belgium | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 107 | Philippines | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 108 | Malawi | 1.2%of GDP | |
| 109 | Japan | 1.1%of GDP | |
| 110 | Thailand | 1.1%of GDP | |
| 111 | DR Congo | 1.1%of GDP | |
| 112 | Nepal | 1.1%of GDP | |
| 113 | Brazil | 1.0%of GDP | |
| 114 | Belize | 1.0%of GDP | |
| 115 | Malaysia | 1.0%of GDP | |
| 116 | Kenya | 1.0%of GDP | |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0%of GDP | |
| 118 | Cameroon | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 119 | Sudan | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 120 | Paraguay | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 123 | Austria | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 124 | Ivory Coast | 0.9%of GDP | |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 127 | Egypt | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 130 | Benin | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 131 | Argentina | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 132 | South Africa | 0.8%of GDP | |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7%of GDP | |
| 134 | Switzerland | 0.7%of GDP | |
| 135 | Mexico | 0.7%of GDP | |
| 136 | Madagascar | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 139 | Gambia | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 140 | Moldova | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 0.6%of GDP | |
| 143 | Mongolia | 0.5%of GDP | |
| 144 | Malta | 0.5%of GDP | |
| 145 | Venezuela | 0.5%of GDP | |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 0.4%of GDP | |
| 147 | Guatemala | 0.4%of GDP | |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.4%of GDP | |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3%of GDP | |
| 150 | Ireland | 0.2%of GDP | |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 0.2%of GDP | |
| 152 | Mauritius | 0.1%of GDP | |
| 153 | Haiti | 0.1%of GDP |
Source
World Bank / SIPRI, 2022. Coverage 80 % of countries. Neither direction is better; this is a descriptive ranking.