List of countries with highest military expenditures

List of countries with highest military expenditures

The following is a list of countries with the highest military expenditures.

By total spending

List of countries with highest military expenditures

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 40 military spenders as of 2024, based on current market exchange rates.

The second list is based on the 2026 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.

<table><thead><tr><th>40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2024 SIPRI Military Expenditure Database</th><th>List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2026 edition of "The Military Balance" from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) for the year 2025</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Country</td><td>Spending (US$ bn)</td><td>% of GDP</td><td>% of global spending</td></tr><tr><td>01</td><td>United States</td><td>997.0</td><td>3.4</td><td>35.5</td></tr><tr><td>02</td><td>China</td><td>314.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>11.2</td></tr><tr><td>03</td><td>Russia</td><td>149.0</td><td>7.1</td><td>5.5</td></tr><tr><td>04</td><td>Germany</td><td>88.5</td><td>1.9</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td>05</td><td>India</td><td>86.1</td><td>2.3</td><td>3.1</td></tr><tr><td>06</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>81.8</td><td>2.3</td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td>07</td><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>80.3</td><td>7.4</td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td>08</td><td>Ukraine</td><td>64.7</td><td>34.0</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>09</td><td>France</td><td>64.7</td><td>2.1</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Japan</td><td>55.3</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>South Korea</td><td>47.6</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Israel</td><td>46.5</td><td>8.8</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Poland</td><td>38.0</td><td>4.2</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Italy</td><td>38.0</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Australia</td><td>33.8</td><td>1.9</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Canada</td><td>29.3</td><td>1.3</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Turkey</td><td>25.0</td><td>1.9</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Spain</td><td>24.6</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.9</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>23.2</td><td>1.9</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Algeria</td><td>21.8</td><td>8.0</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Brazil</td><td>20.9</td><td>1.0</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Mexico</td><td>16.7</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Taiwan</td><td>16.5</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Colombia</td><td>15.1</td><td>3.4</td><td>0.5</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Singapore</td><td>15.1</td><td>2.8</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Sweden</td><td>12.0</td><td>2.0</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Indonesia</td><td>11.0</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Norway</td><td>10.4</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Pakistan</td><td>10.2</td><td>2.7</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Denmark</td><td>10.0</td><td>2.4</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Romania</td><td>8.7</td><td>2.3</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Belgium</td><td>8.6</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Greece</td><td>8.0</td><td>3.1</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Iran</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.0</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Kuwait</td><td>7.8</td><td>4.8</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Finland</td><td>7.0</td><td>2.3</td><td>0.3</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Switzerland</td><td>6.7</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Czech Republic</td><td>6.5</td><td>1.9</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Iraq</td><td>6.2</td><td>2.4</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Philippines</td><td>6.1</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Country</td><td>Spending (US$ bn)</td></tr><tr><td>01</td><td>United States</td><td>921.0</td></tr><tr><td>02</td><td>China</td><td>251.3</td></tr><tr><td>03</td><td>Russia</td><td>186.2</td></tr><tr><td>04</td><td>Germany</td><td>107.3</td></tr><tr><td>05</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>94.3</td></tr><tr><td>06</td><td>India</td><td>78.3</td></tr><tr><td>07</td><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>72.5</td></tr><tr><td>08</td><td>France</td><td>70.0</td></tr><tr><td>09</td><td>Japan</td><td>58.9</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Ukraine</td><td>44.4</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>South Korea</td><td>43.8</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Italy</td><td>40.1</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Israel</td><td>39.7</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Australia</td><td>37.3</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Poland</td><td>33.2</td></tr></tbody></table>

By share of GDP

List of countries with highest military expenditures

The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years:

The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2024)	List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020
Rank	Country	% of GDP
1	Ukraine	34.48%
2	Israel	8.78%
3	Algeria	7.97%
4	Saudi Arabia	7.30%
5	Russia	7.05%
6	Myanmar	6.79%
7	Oman	5.59%
8	Armenia	5.48%
9	Azerbaijan	4.99%
10	Kuwait	4.84%
11	Jordan	4.80%
12	Burkina Faso	4.68%
13	Mali	4.20%
14	Poland	4.15%
15	Burundi	3.80%
16	Brunei	3.58%
17	Morocco	3.52%
18	United States	3.42%
19	Estonia	3.37%
20	Colombia	3.36%
21	Latvia	3.26%
22	Greece	3.13%
23	Lithuania	3.12%
24	Chad	2.98%
25	Kyrgyzstan	2.97%
Rank	Country	% of GDP
01	Oman	12.0%
02	Afghanistan	10.6%
03	Lebanon	10.5%
04	Kuwait	7.1%
05	Saudi Arabia	7.1%
06	Algeria	6.7%
07	Iraq	5.8%
08	UAE	5.6%
09	Azerbaijan	5.4%
10	Morocco	5.3%
11	Israel	5.2%
12	Jordan	4.9%
13	Armenia	4.8%
14	Mali	4.5%
15	Qatar	4.4%
Italic values are SIPRI estimates.