Public Sector · Complete Rankings

Countries Ranked by Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported military expenditure (% of gdp) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 147 countries reporting, the median value is 1.59, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Myanmar

6.79

Europe & Central Asia

Ukraine

34.48

Latin America & Caribbean

Colombia

3.36

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Israel

8.78

North America

United States

3.42

South Asia

India

2.27

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso

4.68

Find a country: search and the table filters as you type.

Rank	Country	Region	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	34.48
2	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	8.78
3	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	7.97
4	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	7.30
5	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	7.05
6	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	6.79
7	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	5.59
8	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	5.48
9	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	4.99
10	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	4.84
11	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	4.80
12	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.68
13	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.20
14	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	4.15
15	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.80
16	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	3.58
17	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.52
18	United States	North America	3.42
19	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	3.37
20	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	3.36
21	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	3.26
22	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	3.13
23	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	3.12
24	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.98
25	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	2.97
26	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.89
27	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	2.84
28	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.83
29	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.73
30	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.67
31	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	2.66
32	Serbia	Europe & Central Asia	2.60
33	Lebanon	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.59
34	Korea, Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	2.56
35	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.52
36	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.51
37	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	2.42
38	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.36
39	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	2.31
40	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	2.30
41	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	2.30
42	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	2.28
43	India	South Asia	2.27
44	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.24
45	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	2.22
46	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	2.16
47	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.16
48	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	2.15
49	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	2.10
50	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	2.09
51	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	2.07
52	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.05
53	France	Europe & Central Asia	2.05
54	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	2.04
55	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	2.01
56	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.01
57	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.00
58	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	2.00
59	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.99
60	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.96
61	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	1.92
62	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	1.92
63	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	1.92
64	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	1.89
65	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	1.88
66	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.88
67	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	1.86
68	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	1.85
69	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	1.83
70	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	1.79
71	China	East Asia & Pacific	1.71
72	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	1.65
73	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	1.61
74	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.59
75	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	1.58
76	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	1.58
77	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.57
78	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.57
79	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.54
80	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	1.53
81	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	1.52
82	Kosovo	Europe & Central Asia	1.48
83	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.44
84	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	1.43
85	Sri Lanka	South Asia	1.43
86	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	1.37
87	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	1.37
88	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.33
89	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	1.32
90	Canada	North America	1.31
91	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	1.31
92	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	1.31
93	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	1.28
94	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	1.27
95	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.25
96	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.23
97	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	1.19
98	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	1.19
99	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.19
100	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.18
101	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.15
102	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	1.08
103	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.02
104	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.01
105	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.00
106	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	1.00
107	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.00
108	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	0.99
109	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.98
110	Nepal	South Asia	0.98
111	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	0.97
112	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	0.96
113	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.94
114	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	0.93
115	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	0.92
116	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	0.91
117	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	0.90
118	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	0.89
119	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	0.87
120	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	0.78
121	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	0.78
122	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.76
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	0.75
124	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	0.74
125	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.72
126	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	0.72
127	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.71
128	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.71
129	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.70
130	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.67
131	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.65
132	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.62
133	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	0.62
134	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	0.60
135	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.57
136	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.56
137	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	0.55
138	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.46
139	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.45
140	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	0.43
141	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.38
142	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	0.37
143	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.35
144	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	0.31
145	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	0.24
146	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.15
147	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	0.07

Source: World Bank Open Data (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

← Back to Military expenditure (% of GDP) overview