Field Comparison

Military Expenditures

Defense spending as percentage of GDP

Military expenditures measure the percentage of a country's gross domestic product spent on defense. This includes personnel costs, equipment, operations, and military infrastructure.

Rank	Country	% of GDP
1.	Algeria	8.0%
2.	Israel	8.0%
3.	Saudi Arabia	7.1%
4.	Russia	7.0%
5.	Somalia	6.0%
6.	Oman	6.0%
7.	Armenia	5.5%
8.	Azerbaijan	5.1%
9.	Qatar	5.0%
10.	Kuwait	4.9%
11.	Burkina Faso	4.5%
12.	Poland	4.5%
13.	Jordan	4.5%
14.	Mali	4.3%
15.	Morocco	4.0%
16.	Lithuania	4.0%
17.	Ukraine	4.0%
18.	United Arab Emirates	4.0%
19.	Burma	3.9%
20.	Latvia	3.7%
21.	Burundi	3.5%
22.	Estonia	3.4%
23.	Norway	3.4%
24.	Colombia	3.4%
25.	Denmark	3.2%
26.	United States	3.2%
27.	Botswana	3.0%
28.	Chad	3.0%
29.	Kyrgyzstan	3.0%
30.	Brunei	3.0%
31.	Singapore	3.0%
32.	Bahrain	3.0%
33.	Greece	2.9%
34.	Lebanon	2.9%
35.	Namibia	2.8%
36.	Finland	2.8%
37.	Central African Republic	2.5%
38.	Tunisia	2.5%
39.	Timor-Leste	2.5%
40.	Netherlands	2.5%
41.	Serbia	2.5%
42.	Sweden	2.5%
43.	Iraq	2.5%
44.	Pakistan	2.5%
45.	Mauritania	2.4%
46.	Taiwan	2.4%
47.	Germany	2.4%
48.	United Kingdom	2.4%
49.	South Korea	2.3%
50.	Romania	2.3%
51.	Turkey	2.3%
52.	Niger	2.2%
53.	Togo	2.2%
54.	Ecuador	2.2%
55.	Guinea	2.1%
56.	Bulgaria	2.1%
57.	France	2.1%
58.	Hungary	2.1%
59.	Uruguay	2.1%
60.	Mozambique	2.0%
61.	South Sudan	2.0%
62.	Uganda	2.0%
63.	Australia	2.0%
64.	Albania	2.0%
65.	Belgium	2.0%
66.	Belarus	2.0%
67.	Czechia	2.0%
68.	Croatia	2.0%
69.	Italy	2.0%
70.	Slovakia	2.0%
71.	Luxembourg	2.0%
72.	Montenegro	2.0%
73.	North Macedonia	2.0%
74.	Portugal	2.0%
75.	Slovenia	2.0%
76.	Spain	2.0%
77.	Iran	2.0%
78.	Canada	2.0%
79.	India	2.0%
80.	Tonga	1.8%
81.	Tajikistan	1.8%
82.	Vietnam	1.8%
83.	Philippines	1.7%
84.	Cyprus	1.7%
85.	Georgia	1.7%
86.	Senegal	1.6%
87.	Gabon	1.5%
88.	Lesotho	1.5%
89.	Seychelles	1.5%
90.	Honduras	1.5%
91.	Cambodia	1.5%
92.	China	1.5%
93.	Kosovo	1.5%
94.	Chile	1.5%
95.	Sri Lanka	1.5%
96.	Eswatini	1.4%
97.	Fiji	1.4%
98.	Jamaica	1.4%
99.	Japan	1.4%
100.	Rwanda	1.3%
101.	Tanzania	1.3%
102.	Zambia	1.3%
103.	Congo (Brazzaville)	1.2%
104.	DRC	1.2%
105.	Guinea-Bissau	1.2%
106.	New Zealand	1.2%
107.	El Salvador	1.2%
108.	Bolivia	1.2%
109.	Kenya	1.1%
110.	Panama	1.1%
111.	Thailand	1.1%
112.	Brazil	1.1%
113.	Angola	1.0%
114.	Cameroon	1.0%
115.	Equatorial Guinea	1.0%
116.	Sudan	1.0%
117.	Belize	1.0%
118.	Malaysia	1.0%
119.	Austria	1.0%
120.	Nepal	1.0%
121.	Trinidad and Tobago	0.9%
122.	Kazakhstan	0.9%
123.	Mexico	0.9%
124.	Guyana	0.9%
125.	Bangladesh	0.9%
126.	Côte d'Ivoire	0.8%
127.	Malawi	0.8%
128.	The Dominican	0.8%
129.	Indonesia	0.8%
130.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.8%
131.	Paraguay	0.8%
132.	Peru	0.8%
133.	Benin	0.7%
134.	Egypt	0.7%
135.	Ethiopia	0.7%
136.	Liberia	0.7%
137.	Madagascar	0.7%
138.	South Africa	0.7%
139.	Barbados	0.7%
140.	The Bahamas	0.7%
141.	Mongolia	0.7%
142.	Switzerland	0.7%
143.	Cabo Verde	0.6%
144.	The Gambia	0.6%
145.	Nigeria	0.6%
146.	Costa Rica	0.6%
147.	Moldova	0.6%
148.	Argentina	0.6%
149.	Venezuela	0.6%
150.	Sierra Leone	0.5%
151.	Nicaragua	0.5%
152.	Malta	0.5%
153.	Ghana	0.4%
154.	Zimbabwe	0.4%
155.	Guatemala	0.4%
156.	Papua New Guinea	0.3%
157.	Ireland	0.2%

Source: CIA World Factbook (archived data).