Military expenditures

Military expenditures compares spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP; calculated on an exchange rate basis).

Rank Order Listing for the Military expenditures field
RankCountry(% of GDP)Date of Information
1Saudi Arabia8.782018
2Oman8.172018
3United Arab Emirates5.702016
4Algeria5.272018
5Israel5.102017
6Kuwait5.062018
7Lebanon4.992018
8Jordan4.682018
9Armenia4.252018
10Pakistan4.032018
11Uzbekistan4.002018
12Yemen3.982014
13Russia3.932018
14Ukraine3.782018
15Azerbaijan3.772018
16Bahrain3.602018
17Colombia3.502018 est.
18United States3.422019 est.
19Namibia3.352018
20Singapore3.302019
21Bulgaria3.252019 est.
22Morocco3.102018
23Mauritania3.022018
24Gambia, The3.002018
25Burma2.932018
26Cuba2.872017
27Mali2.872018
28Botswana2.782018
29Iraq2.732018
30Iran2.672018 est.
31Korea, South2.622018
32Congo, Republic of the2.552018
33Guinea2.472018
34Niger2.452018
35India2.422018
36Ecuador2.382018
37Brunei2.372018
38Georgia2.302019
39Vietnam2.302018
40Greece2.282019 est.
41Sudan2.282018
42Cambodia2.212018
43Zimbabwe2.172018
44Estonia2.142019 est.
45United Kingdom2.142019 est.
46Chad2.132018
47Tunisia2.092018
48Burkina Faso2.062018
49Romania2.042019 est.
50Lithuania2.032019 est.
51Latvia2.012019 est.
52Poland2.002019 est.
53Togo1.972018
54Uruguay1.952018
55Australia1.892018
56Chile1.892018
57Sri Lanka1.892018
58Turkey1.892019 est.
59Burundi1.882018
60China1.872018
61France1.842019 est.
62Lesotho1.812018
63Norway1.802019 est.
64Angola1.782018
65Taiwan1.782018
66Slovakia1.742019 est.
67Honduras1.712018
68Guyana1.692018
69Croatia1.682019 est.
70Montenegro1.662019 est.
71Guinea-Bissau1.642015
72Cyprus1.572018
73Kyrgyzstan1.572018
74Gabon1.532018
75Portugal1.522019 est.
76Bolivia1.502018
77Eswatini1.502018
78Brazil1.482018
79Nepal1.442018
80Seychelles1.442018
81Uganda1.432018
82Central African Republic1.412018
83Serbia1.392018 est.
84Germany1.382019 est.
85Senegal1.382019 est.
86Bangladesh1.372018
87Cote d'Ivoire1.362018
88Netherlands1.362019 est.
89Jamaica1.352018
90South Sudan1.332018
91Thailand1.332018
92Denmark1.322019
93Canada1.312019 est.
94Kenya1.302019
95Finland1.292019
96Belarus1.272018
97Albania1.262019 est.
98Belize1.262018
99Cameroon1.252018
100Egypt1.252018
101Zambia1.252018
102Rwanda1.232018
103Italy1.222019 est.
104Tajikistan1.222015
105Hungary1.212019 est.
106Tanzania1.212018
107Czechia1.192019 est.
108North Macedonia1.192018
109Peru1.192018
110New Zealand1.162018
111Philippines1.132018
112Bosnia and Herzegovina1.112018
113Slovenia1.042019 est.
114Sweden1.042018
115El Salvador1.032018
116Afghanistan0.992018
117Macedonia0.992017
118Mozambique0.992018
119Malaysia0.982018
120South Africa0.982018
121Kazakhstan0.952018
122Belgium0.932018
123Japan0.932018
124Paraguay0.932018
125Fiji0.922018
126Spain0.922019 est.
127Argentina0.862018
128Benin0.862018
129Malawi0.852018
130Kosovo0.802018
131Sierra Leone0.802018
132Trinidad and Tobago0.782018
133Liberia0.772018
134Dominican Republic0.742018
135Indonesia0.722018
136Mongolia0.682018
137Switzerland0.682018
138Congo, Democratic Republic of the0.672018
139Ethiopia0.642018
140Nicaragua0.612018
141Timor-Leste0.612018
142Madagascar0.602018
143Austria0.582018
144Luxembourg0.562019 est.
145Cabo Verde0.552018
146Mexico0.542018
147Nigeria0.512018
148Malta0.492018
149Venezuela0.492017
150Ghana0.412018
151Guatemala0.352018
152Moldova0.352018
153Ireland0.332018
154Iceland0.302018
155Papua New Guinea0.272018
156Laos0.192013
157Equatorial Guinea0.182016
158Mauritius0.162018