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List of countries with highest military expenditures

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Global military expenditure in 2022

This is a list of countries with the highest military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.[1]Highest military expenditure, total

The list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 30 military spenders as of 2024, based on current market exchange rates.

30 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2024
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
Rank Country Spending
(US$ bn)		 % of GDP % of global spending
1 United States United States 818.1b 3.4 37
2 China China[a] 308.8b 1.7 12
3 Russia Russia 181.1b 5.9 4.5
4 Germany Germany 154.5b 1.5 2.7
5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[a][b] 94.1b 7.1 3.1
6 United Kingdom United Kingdom 88.4b 2.3 3.1
7 France France[c] 78.9b 2.1 2.5
8 Ukraine Ukraine 76.5b 37.0 2.7
9 India India 69.4b 2.4 3.4
10 Japan Japan 63.4b 1.2 2.1
11 South Korea South Korea 62.2b 2.8 2.0
12 Turkey Turkey 41.8b 1.5 0.6
13 Italy Italy 35.5b 1.6 1.5
14 Australia Australia 32.3b 1.9 1.3
15 Poland Poland[c] 31.8b 3.8 1.3
16 United Arab Emirates UAE[c] 29.4b

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17 Israel Israel 27.5b 5.3 1.1
18 Canada Canada 27.2b 1.3 1.1
19 Spain Spain 23.7b 1.5 1.0
20 Brazil Brazil 22.9b 1.1 0.9
21 Taiwan Taiwan 19.1b 2.2 0.7
22 Algeria Algeria 18.3b 8.2 0.7
23 Pakistan Pakistan 17.8b 2.8 0.3
24 Netherlands Netherlands 16.6b 1.5 0.7
25 Singapore Singapore 13.2b 2.7 0.5
26 Mexico Mexico 11.8b 0.7 0.5
27 Colombia Colombia 11.7b 2.9 0.4
28 Iran Iran 10.8b 2.1 0.4
29 Indonesia Indonesia 10.4b 0.7 0.4
30 Sweden Sweden 8.8b 1.5 0.4

Highest military expenditure, share of GDP

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The following lists are lists 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. The second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

As a share of GDP

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List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2023)[2] 		List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020[3]
Rank Country % of GDP
1  Ukraine 36.65%
2  Lebanon 8.91%
3  Algeria 8.17%
4  Saudi Arabia 7.09%
5  South Sudan 6.26%
6  Russia 5.86%
7  Armenia 5.45%
8  Oman 5.40%
9  Israel 5.32%
10  Jordan 4.91%
11  Kuwait 4.90%
12  Azerbaijan 4.60%
13  Togo 4.01%
14  Burkina Faso 4.01%
15  Poland 3.83%
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.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b SIPRI estimate
  2. ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.[citation needed]
  3. ^ a b c The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for Gendarmerie nationale and Żandarmeria Wojskowa.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Trends in Military Expenditure 2023" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Sipri.org. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ "IISS Military Balance 2021". The Military Balance. 121 (1). International Institute for Strategic Studies: 23–29. January 2021. doi:10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791. S2CID 232050862. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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