List of countries with highest military expenditures

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This is a list of countries with highest military expenditures.

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Highest military expenditure

The list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 45 military spenders as of 2025, based on current market exchange rates.

40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2025
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database

Highest military expenditure, share of GDP

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.

As a share of GDP

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2023) [1] 		List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020 [2]
RankCountry% of GDP
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 36.65%
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 8.91%
3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8.17%
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 7.09%
5Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 6.26%
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.86%
7Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5.45%
8Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 5.40%
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5.32%
10Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 4.91%
11Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4.90%
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 4.60%
13Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 4.01%
14Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 4.01%
15Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3.83%
16Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 3.83%
17Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 3.79%
18Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 3.66%
19Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3.64%
20Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 3.62%
21Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.36%
22Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3.23%
23Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3.11%
24Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 2.97%
25Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 2.91%
RankCountry % of GDP
1Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 12.0
2Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 10.6
3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 10.5
4Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 7.1
5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 7.1
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6.7
7Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 5.8
8Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE 5.6
9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 5.4
10Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 5.3
11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5.2
12Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 4.9
13Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 4.8
14Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 4.5
15Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 4.4
* Italic values are SIPRI estimates.


See also


Notes

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


References

  1. ↑ "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Sipri.org. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "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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