List of countries with highest military expenditures

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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of countries with highest military expenditures.

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
Rank Country Spending
(US$ bn)		 % of GDP
1 United States United States 968.1 3.4
2 China China 472.2 1.7
3 Russia Russia 184.4 5.9
4 France France 113.4 2.3
5 United Kingdom United Kingdom 112.4 2.3
6 Germany Germany 108.7 1.5
7 Ukraine Ukraine 79.7 37.0
8 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 77.8 7.1
9 India India 73.3 2.4
10 Japan Japan 68.4 1.2
11 South Korea South Korea 65.8 2.8
12 Poland Poland 47.4 3.8
13 Turkey Turkey 46.1 1.5
14 Italy Italy 35.5 1.6
15 Australia Australia 32.3 1.9
16 Canada Canada 27.2 1.3
17 Brazil Brazil 24.8 1.1
18 United Arab Emirates UAE 24.4 2.0
19 Spain Spain 23.7 1.5
20 Netherlands Netherlands 22.7 1.5
21 Algeria Algeria 21.8 8.2
22 Israel Israel 20.5 5.3
23 Taiwan Taiwan 19.1 2.2
24 Singapore Singapore 17.5 2.7
25 Mexico Mexico 15.8 0.7
26 Iran Iran 15.8 2.1
27 Indonesia Indonesia 13.9 0.7
28 Iraq Iraq 12.7 2.9
29 Sweden Sweden 12.1 1.5
30 Pakistan Pakistan 10.8 1.7
31 Colombia Colombia 10.7 2.9
32 Egypt Egypt 10.4 2.0
33 Qatar Qatar 10.2 2.5
34 Norway Norway 9.4 1.6
35 Denmark Denmark 9.2 2.0
36 Oman Oman 8.7 5.4
37 Romania Romania 8.7 1.6
38 Vietnam Vietnam 8.6 1.3
39 Kuwait Kuwait 8.2 4.9
40 Greece Greece 7.7 3.2
41 Belgium Belgium 7.6 1.2
42 Finland Finland 7.3 2.4
43 Switzerland Switzerland 6.3 0.7
44 Thailand Thailand 5.8 1.2
45 Chile Chile 5.6 1.6

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]
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%
16  Mali 3.83%
17  Myanmar 3.79%
18  Burundi 3.66%
19  Morocco 3.64%
20  Kyrgyzstan 3.62%
21  United States 3.36%
22  Greece 3.23%
23  Bahrain 3.11%
24  Brunei 2.97%
25  Chad 2.91%
Rank Country % of GDP
1  Oman 12.0
2  Afghanistan 10.6
3  Lebanon 10.5
4  Kuwait 7.1
5  Saudi Arabia 7.1
6  Algeria 6.7
7  Iraq 5.8
8  UAE 5.6
9  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.

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Notes

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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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