Country Comparisons
Military expenditures
Military expenditures compares spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP; calculated on an exchange rate basis).
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| Rank | Country | % of GDP | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 8.80 | 2019 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 7.00 | 2020 est. |
| 3 | Algeria | 6.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 5.20 | 2017 |
| 5 | Eritrea | 5.10 | 2017 est. |
| 6 | Israel | 5.00 | 2019 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 5.00 | 2020 est. |
| 8 | Djibouti | 4.90 | 2017 est. |
| 9 | Jordan | 4.70 | 2019 |
| 10 | Armenia | 4.30 | 2019 |
| 11 | Yemen | 4.30 | 2014 |
| 12 | Lebanon | 4.20 | 2019 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 15 | Russia | 4.00 | 2020 est. |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 4.00 | 2018 |
| 17 | Iraq | 3.90 | 2019 |
| 18 | Iran | 3.80 | 2019 est. |
| 19 | United States | 3.73 | 2020 est. |
| 20 | Bahrain | 3.70 | 2019 |
| 21 | South Sudan | 3.50 | 2019 est. |
| 22 | Brunei | 3.30 | 2019 |
| 23 | Singapore | 3.30 | 2020 est. |
| 24 | Colombia | 3.20 | 2019 |
| 25 | Morocco | 3.10 | 2019 |
| 26 | Namibia | 3.00 | 2019 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 3.00 | 2020 est. |
| 28 | Cuba | 2.90 | 2018 |
| 29 | India | 2.90 | 2020 est. |
| 30 | Botswana | 2.80 | 2019 |
| 31 | Mauritania | 2.80 | 2019 est. |
| 32 | Burma | 2.70 | 2019 est. |
| 33 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.70 | 2019 |
| 34 | Korea, South | 2.70 | 2020 est. |
| 35 | Mali | 2.70 | 2019 |
| 36 | Greece | 2.68 | 2020 est. |
| 37 | Qatar | 2.50 | 2017 |
| 38 | Tunisia | 2.50 | 2019 |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 2.40 | 2019 |
| 40 | Serbia | 2.40 | 2020 est. |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 2.32 | 2020 est. |
| 42 | Cambodia | 2.30 | 2019 est. |
| 43 | Ecuador | 2.30 | 2019 |
| 44 | Estonia | 2.30 | 2021 est. |
| 45 | Georgia | 2.30 | 2019 |
| 46 | Taiwan | 2.30 | 2020 est. |
| 47 | Vietnam | 2.30 | 2018 est. |
| 48 | Latvia | 2.27 | 2020 est. |
| 49 | Chad | 2.20 | 2019 est. |
| 50 | Finland | 2.20 | 2021 est. |
| 51 | Poland | 2.20 | 2021 est. |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 2.20 | 2017 |
| 53 | Lithuania | 2.13 | 2020 est. |
| 54 | Australia | 2.10 | 2021 est. |
| 55 | Uganda | 2.10 | 2019 |
| 56 | Romania | 2.07 | 2020 est. |
| 57 | France | 2.04 | 2020 est. |
| 58 | Guinea | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 59 | Norway | 2.00 | 2020 est. |
| 60 | Slovakia | 2.00 | 2020 est. |
| 61 | Togo | 2.00 | 2020 est. |
| 62 | Uruguay | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 1.90 | 2019 |
| 64 | Turkey | 1.86 | 2020 est. |
| 65 | Hungary | 1.85 | 2020 est. |
| 66 | Croatia | 1.83 | 2020 est. |
| 67 | Burundi | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 68 | Chile | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 69 | Eswatini | 1.80 | 2019 est. |
| 70 | Niger | 1.80 | 2019 |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 1.80 | 2017 |
| 72 | Montenegro | 1.72 | 2020 est. |
| 73 | Angola | 1.70 | 2019 |
| 74 | China | 1.70 | 2020 est. |
| 75 | Guyana | 1.70 | 2019 |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 1.60 | 2020 est. |
| 77 | Cyprus | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 78 | Fiji | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 79 | Gabon | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 80 | Honduras | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 81 | Jamaica | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 82 | Nepal | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 83 | Sudan | 1.60 | 2019 |
| 84 | Portugal | 1.59 | 2020 est. |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 1.57 | 2021 est. |
| 86 | Germany | 1.56 | 2020 est. |
| 87 | Brazil | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 1.50 | 2019 est. |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 90 | Lesotho | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 91 | New Zealand | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 92 | Senegal | 1.50 | 2019 est. |
| 93 | Netherlands | 1.49 | 2020 est. |
| 94 | Denmark | 1.43 | 2020 est. |
| 95 | Canada | 1.42 | 2020 est. |
| 96 | Bolivia | 1.40 | 2019 |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.40 | 2017 |
| 98 | Thailand | 1.40 | 2020 est. |
| 99 | Italy | 1.39 | 2020 est. |
| 100 | Czechia | 1.34 | 2020 est. |
| 101 | Albania | 1.30 | 2020 est. |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 103 | Kenya | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 104 | Seychelles | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 105 | Somalia | 1.30 | 2017 est. |
| 106 | Tanzania | 1.30 | 2019 |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 108 | Belarus | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 109 | Belize | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 110 | Egypt | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 112 | Panama | 1.20 | 2017 |
| 113 | Peru | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 114 | Rwanda | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 115 | Zambia | 1.20 | 2019 |
| 116 | Spain | 1.17 | 2020 est. |
| 117 | Cameroon | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.10 | 2019 est. |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.10 | 2018 |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 1.10 | 2019 |
| 121 | Slovenia | 1.10 | 2020 est. |
| 122 | Suriname | 1.10 | 2017 est. |
| 123 | Sweden | 1.10 | 2020 est. |
| 124 | Belgium | 1.07 | 2020 est. |
| 125 | Japan | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 126 | Paraguay | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 127 | Philippines | 1.00 | 2020 est. |
| 128 | Timor-Leste | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.90 | 2017 |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 131 | Malawi | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 132 | Malaysia | 0.90 | 2020 est. |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.90 | 2021 est. |
| 136 | Gambia, The | 0.80 | 2019 |
| 137 | Kosovo | 0.80 | 2019 |
| 138 | Argentina | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 139 | Austria | 0.70 | 2020 est. |
| 140 | Benin | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 141 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.70 | 2019 est. |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 0.70 | 2017 |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 0.70 | 2019 est. |
| 145 | Indonesia | 0.70 | 2020 est. |
| 146 | Mongolia | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 149 | Switzerland | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 0.70 | 2019 |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.60 | 2019 |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 0.57 | 2020 est. |
| 154 | Cabo Verde | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 155 | Liberia | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 156 | Malta | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 157 | Mexico | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 159 | Ghana | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 160 | Guatemala | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 161 | Moldova | 0.40 | 2020 est. |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.40 | 2019 |
| 163 | Venezuela | 0.40 | 2017 |
| 164 | Ireland | 0.27 | 2020 |
| 165 | Laos | 0.20 | 2017 est. |
| 166 | Mauritius | 0.20 | 2019 |