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: 2026-08-31 05:08:12

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 Myanmar 6.79 open
7 Qatar 6.5 open
8 United Arab Emirates 5.64 open
9 Oman 5.59 open
10 Armenia 5.48 open
11 Azerbaijan 4.99 open
12 Kuwait 4.84 open
13 Jordan 4.8 open
14 Poland 4.15 open
15 Syria 4.06 open
16 Yemen 3.97 open
17 Brunei 3.58 open
18 Morocco 3.52 open
19 United States 3.42 open
20 Estonia 3.37 open
21 Colombia 3.36 open
22 Latvia 3.26 open
23 Greece 3.13 open
24 Lithuania 3.12 open
25 Kyrgyzstan 2.97 open
26 Turkmenistan 2.9 open
27 Bahrain 2.89 open
28 Uzbekistan 2.87 open
29 Singapore 2.84 open
30 Pakistan 2.67 open
31 Timor-Leste 2.66 open
32 Serbia 2.6 open
33 Lebanon 2.59 open
34 South Korea 2.56 open
35 Tunisia 2.51 open
36 Denmark 2.42 open
37 Iraq 2.36 open
38 Finland 2.3 open
39 Romania 2.3 open
40 United Kingdom 2.28 open
41 India 2.27 open
42 Hungary 2.16 open
43 Bulgaria 2.15 open
44 Norway 2.09 open
45 France 2.05 open
46 Slovakia 2.01 open
47 Iran 2.01 open
48 Sweden 2 open
49 Turkey 1.92 open
50 Czech Republic 1.92 open
51 Netherlands 1.92 open
52 Germany 1.89 open
53 Australia 1.88 open
54 Georgia 1.86 open
55 Tajikistan 1.85 open
56 Afghanistan 1.83 open
57 Vietnam 1.81 open
58 Croatia 1.79 open
59 China 1.71 open
60 Cyprus 1.65 open
61 Italy 1.61 open
62 Chile 1.58 open
63 Portugal 1.53 open
64 Cambodia 1.52 open
65 Spain 1.43 open
66 Sri Lanka 1.43 open
67 Japan 1.37 open
68 Philippines 1.32 open
69 Canada 1.31 open
70 Fiji 1.31 open
71 Slovenia 1.31 open
72 Belgium 1.28 open
73 New Zealand 1.19 open
74 Thailand 1.08 open
75 Austria 1 open
76 Kenya 1 open
77 Malaysia 0.99 open
78 Nepal 0.98 open
79 Brazil 0.97 open
80 Luxembourg 0.96 open
81 Bangladesh 0.94 open
82 Peru 0.91 open
83 Mexico 0.89 open
84 Indonesia 0.78 open
85 Mongolia 0.74 open
86 Switzerland 0.72 open
87 South Africa 0.7 open
88 Egypt 0.67 open
89 Ethiopia 0.65 open
90 Argentina 0.62 open
91 Nigeria 0.56 open
92 Kazakhstan 0.43 open
93 Ghana 0.38 open
94 Papua New Guinea 0.31 open
95 Ireland 0.24 open
96 Laos 0.19 open

Ranking interpretation

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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.

Keyphrase synonyms: military spending by country, global military spending ranking, country ranking military spending, best countries by military spending.