Military spending by country
Army spending, as a share of the economy. The map opens on 2024, with figures for 147 countries.
Highest in 2024
- Ukraine 34.5%
- Israel 8.8%
- Algeria 8.0%
- Saudi Arabia 7.3%
- Russia 7.1%
Lowest in 2024
- Haiti 0.1%
- Mauritius 0.1%
- Ireland 0.2%
- Papua New Guinea 0.3%
- Zimbabwe 0.4%
About the data
Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product
- Unit
- % of GDP
- Years
- 1960–2024
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0
All countries
- Afghanistan 1.8% (2021)
- Albania 2.0% (2024)
- Algeria 8.0% (2024)
- Angola 1.0% (2024)
- Argentina 0.6% (2024)
- Armenia 5.5% (2024)
- Australia 1.9% (2024)
- Austria 1.0% (2024)
- Azerbaijan 5.0% (2024)
- Bahrain 2.9% (2024)
- Bangladesh 0.9% (2024)
- Belarus 2.1% (2024)
- Belgium 1.3% (2024)
- Belize 0.9% (2024)
- Benin 0.7% (2024)
- Bolivia 1.4% (2024)
- Bosnia and Herz. 0.7% (2024)
- Botswana 2.8% (2024)
- Brazil 1.0% (2024)
- Brunei 3.6% (2024)
- Bulgaria 2.1% (2024)
- Burkina Faso 4.7% (2024)
- Burundi 3.8% (2024)
- Cabo Verde 0.6% (2024)
- Cambodia 1.5% (2024)
- Cameroon 1.0% (2024)
- Canada 1.3% (2024)
- Central African Rep. 2.5% (2024)
- Chad 3.0% (2024)
- Chile 1.6% (2024)
- China 1.7% (2024)
- Colombia 3.4% (2024)
- Congo 1.2% (2024)
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.8% (2024)
- Croatia 1.8% (2024)
- Cuba 2.9% (2018)
- Cyprus 1.6% (2024)
- Czechia 1.9% (2024)
- Dem. Rep. Congo 1.2% (2024)
- Denmark 2.4% (2024)
- Djibouti 2.6% (2008)
- Dominican Rep. 0.8% (2024)
- Ecuador 2.2% (2024)
- Egypt 0.7% (2024)
- El Salvador 1.2% (2024)
- Eq. Guinea 1.0% (2024)
- Eritrea 20.9% (2003)
- Estonia 3.4% (2024)
- eSwatini 1.4% (2024)
- Ethiopia 0.7% (2024)
- Fiji 1.3% (2024)
- Finland 2.3% (2024)
- France 2.1% (2024)
- Gabon 1.5% (2024)
- Gambia 0.6% (2024)
- Georgia 1.9% (2024)
- Germany 1.9% (2024)
- Ghana 0.4% (2024)
- Greece 3.1% (2024)
- Guatemala 0.4% (2024)
- Guinea 2.1% (2024)
- Guinea-Bissau 1.2% (2023)
- Guyana 0.9% (2024)
- Haiti 0.1% (2024)
- Honduras 1.6% (2024)
- Hungary 2.2% (2024)
- India 2.3% (2024)
- Indonesia 0.8% (2024)
- Iran 2.0% (2024)
- Iraq 2.4% (2024)
- Ireland 0.2% (2024)
- Israel 8.8% (2024)
- Italy 1.6% (2024)
- Jamaica 1.3% (2024)
- Japan 1.4% (2024)
- Jordan 4.8% (2024)
- Kazakhstan 0.4% (2024)
- Kenya 1.0% (2024)
- Kosovo 1.5% (2024)
- Kuwait 4.8% (2024)
- Kyrgyzstan 3.0% (2024)
- Laos 0.2% (2013)
- Latvia 3.3% (2024)
- Lebanon 2.6% (2024)
- Lesotho 1.6% (2024)
- Liberia 0.7% (2024)
- Libya 5.3% (2023)
- Lithuania 3.1% (2024)
- Luxembourg 1.0% (2024)
- Madagascar 0.7% (2024)
- Malawi 1.0% (2024)
- Malaysia 1.0% (2024)
- Mali 4.2% (2024)
- Malta 0.5% (2024)
- Mauritania 2.2% (2024)
- Mauritius 0.1% (2024)
- Mexico 0.9% (2024)
- Moldova 0.6% (2024)
- Mongolia 0.7% (2024)
- Montenegro 1.8% (2024)
- Morocco 3.5% (2024)
- Mozambique 2.0% (2024)
- Myanmar 6.8% (2024)
- Namibia 2.7% (2024)
- Nepal 1.0% (2024)
- Netherlands 1.9% (2024)
- New Zealand 1.2% (2024)
- Nicaragua 0.5% (2024)
- Niger 2.2% (2024)
- Nigeria 0.6% (2024)
- North Macedonia 2.1% (2024)
- Norway 2.1% (2024)
- Oman 5.6% (2024)
- Pakistan 2.7% (2024)
- Panama 1.0% (1999)
- Papua New Guinea 0.3% (2024)
- Paraguay 0.9% (2024)
- Peru 0.9% (2024)
- Philippines 1.3% (2024)
- Poland 4.2% (2024)
- Portugal 1.5% (2024)
- Qatar 6.5% (2022)
- Romania 2.3% (2024)
- Russia 7.1% (2024)
- Rwanda 1.2% (2024)
- S. Sudan 2.0% (2024)
- Saudi Arabia 7.3% (2024)
- Senegal 1.6% (2024)
- Serbia 2.6% (2024)
- Seychelles 1.2% (2024)
- Sierra Leone 0.5% (2024)
- Singapore 2.8% (2024)
- Slovakia 2.0% (2024)
- Slovenia 1.3% (2024)
- Somalia 1.6% (2024)
- South Africa 0.7% (2024)
- South Korea 2.6% (2024)
- Spain 1.4% (2024)
- Sri Lanka 1.4% (2024)
- Sudan 0.9% (2021)
- Sweden 2.0% (2024)
- Switzerland 0.7% (2024)
- Syria 4.1% (2010)
- Tajikistan 1.8% (2024)
- Tanzania 1.2% (2024)
- Thailand 1.1% (2024)
- Timor-Leste 2.7% (2024)
- Togo 2.0% (2024)
- Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% (2024)
- Tunisia 2.5% (2024)
- Turkey 1.9% (2024)
- Turkmenistan 2.9% (1999)
- Uganda 1.9% (2024)
- Ukraine 34.5% (2024)
- United Arab Emirates 5.6% (2014)
- United Kingdom 2.3% (2024)
- United States of America 3.4% (2024)
- Uruguay 2.3% (2024)
- Uzbekistan 2.9% (2018)
- Venezuela 0.5% (2023)
- Vietnam 1.8% (2018)
- Yemen 4.0% (2014)
- Zambia 1.3% (2024)
- Zimbabwe 0.4% (2024)