List of countries with highest military expenditure per capita

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This is a list of countries by military expenditure per capita, the amount spent by a nation on its military per capita in a given year. This list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the year 2020.

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As of 2021, the top five per capita spenders are Qatar (~$3955), Israel (~$2770), United States (~$2405), Kuwait (~$2085) and Singapore (~$1885). All five countries have increased their spending since the previous year (2020).

The UAE, for which recent data is not available, has also spent historically large amounts of money on the military on a per capita basis. The UAE had a per capita spending of $2470 per person back in 2014, making it the second highest spender in that year just after Saudi Arabia, [1] but by 2020 that number had fallen to $2204. [2]

Military expenditure per capita spending

SIPRI's estimate of the top 10 countries by per capita military expenditure, US dollars per person (2023). [3]
Country name$/capAccuracy
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2997,1Precise
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2694,2Precise
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2194,6Precise
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2051,9Estimate
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1799,3Precise
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1762,2Estimate
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1583,6Precise
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1377,9Precise
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1325,2Precise
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1260,1Estimate

In the table below, numbers are in USD. "DNE" means the country did not exist at the time or was not independent, and "" means that the data are unavailable.


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References

  1. SIPRI's 2020 est. available here.
  2. Hartung, William D.; Smithberger, Mandy (2019-05-07). "America's Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think". ISSN   0027-8378 . Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  3. "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". sipri.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. XLSX File