Military expenditures in the world’s countries
● The list of countries according to their military budget (A-Z)
● The countries with the highest military expenditures
● The countries with the highest share of GDP spent on military needs
***Below one can see the information about military budget size in the world’s countries as well as the share of defense expenditures in GDP.
Source: Globalfirepower.com
| The country | The military budget (2025, billions of USD) | The share of military expenditures in GDP, % |
| Afghanistan | 0,29 | 0,35 % |
| Albania | 0,559 | 0,94 % |
| Algeria | 25 | 3,03 % |
| Angola | 1,1 | 0,29 % |
| Argentina | 0,929 | 0,07 % |
| Armenia | 1,7 | 2,45 % |
| Australia | 55,7 | 2,93 % |
| Austria | 5,48 | 0,82 % |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1,95 % |
| Bahrain | 1,6 | 1,5 % |
| Bangladesh | 4,37 | 0,26 % |
| Belarus | 1,08 | 0,36 % |
| Belgium | 10,2 | 1,17 % |
| Belize | 0,03 | 0,48 % |
| Benin | 0,098 | 0,15 % |
| Bhutan | 0,014 | 0,11 % |
| Bolivia | 0,55 | 0,4 % |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0,216 | 0,29 % |
| Botswana | 0,466 | 0,9 % |
| Brazil | 26,2 | 0,55 % |
| Bulgaria | 1,37 | 0,54 % |
| Burkina Faso | 0,081 | 0,12 % |
| Cambodia | 0,86 | 0,61 % |
| Cameroon | 0,555 | 0,34 % |
| Canada | 41 | 1,56 % |
| CAR | 0,046 | 0,66 % |
| Chad | 0,381 | 0,7 % |
| Chile | 5,03 | 0,74 % |
| China | 266,9 | 0,7 % |
| Colombia | 10,5 | 0,93 % |
| Congo | 0,306 | 0,76 % |
| Croatia | 1,18 | 0,63 % |
| Cuba | 4,51 | 3,29 % |
| Czech Republic | 6,75 | 1,09 % |
| Denmark | 7,23 | 1,43 % |
| Dominican Republic | 0,811 | 0,26 % |
| DPRK | 4,74 | 9,88 % |
| DRC | 0,797 | 0,43 % |
| Ecuador | 2,38 | 0,83 % |
| Egypt | 5,88 | 0,26 % |
| El Salvador | 0,335 | 0,4 % |
| Eritrea | 0,198 | 2,59 % |
| Estonia | 1,46 | 2,21 % |
| Ethiopia | 2,1 | 0,47 % |
| Finland | 6,78 | 1,88 % |
| France | 55 | 1,26 % |
| Gabon | 0,275 | 0,51 % |
| Georgia | 0,496 | 0,48 % |
| Germany | 50 | 0,83 % |
| Ghana | 0,309 | 0,11 % |
| Greece | 6,5 | 1,46 % |
| Guatemala | 0,409 | 0,15 % |
| Honduras | 0,414 | 0,51 % |
| Hungary | 4,58 | 1,03 % |
| Iceland | 0,312 | 1,03 % |
| India | 75 | 0,46 % |
| Indonesia | 10,6 | 0,23 % |
| Iran | 15,5 | 0,91 % |
| Iraq | 7,92 | 1,16 % |
| Ireland | 1,5 | 0,21 % |
| Israel | 30,5 | 5,67 % |
| Italy | 30,9 | 0,86 % |
| Ivory Coast | 0,67 | 0,27 % |
| Japan | 57 | 0,87 % |
| Jordan | 2,5 | 2 % |
| Kazakhstan | 2,05 | 0,24 % |
| Kenya | 1,31 | 0,35 % |
| Kosovo | 0,261 | 0,87 % |
| Kuwait | 6,95 | 2,79 % |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0,222 | 0,38 % |
| Laos | 0,135 | 0,18 % |
| Latvia | 1,14 | 1,43 % |
| Lebanon | 0,768 | 1,22 % |
| Liberia | 0,365 | 3,44 % |
| Libya | 3,06 | 2,97 % |
| Lithuania | 2,39 | 1,52 % |
| Luxembourg | 0,726 | 0,72 % |
| Madagascar | 0,112 | 0,19 % |
| Malaysia | 4,8 | 0,35 % |
| Mali | 0,65 | 0,96 % |
| Mauritania | 0,261 | 0,7 % |
| Mexico | 7,6 | 0,23 % |
| Moldova | 1,71 | 3,81 % |
| Mongolia | 0,165 | 0,25 % |
| Montenegro | 0,148 | 0,74 % |
| Morocco | 13,4 | 3,37 % |
| Mozambique | 0,412 | 0,7 % |
| Myanmar | 2,95 | 0,95 % |
| Namibia | 0,371 | 1,05 % |
| Nepal | 0,409 | 0,24 % |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1,84 % |
| New Zealand | 3,03 | 1,06 % |
| Nicaragua | 0,092 | 0,15 % |
| Niger | 0,336 | 0,6 % |
| Nigeria | 3,16 | 0,21 % |
| North Macedonia | 0,388 | 0,77 % |
| Norway | 9,71 | 1,68 % |
| Oman | 8,2 | 3,73 % |
| Pakistan | 7,64 | 0,48 % |
| Panama | 0,917 | 0,49 % |
| Peru | 3,42 | 0,56 % |
| Philippines | 4,38 | 0,32 % |
| Poland | 48,7 | 2,56 % |
| Portugal | 4,63 | 0,9 % |
| Qatar | 9,43 | 2,62 % |
| Romania | 9,7 | 1,09 % |
| Russia | 126 | 1,82 % |
| Saudi Arabia | 74,8 | 3,55 % |
| Senegal | 0,465 | 0,49 % |
| Serbia | 2,29 | 1,12 % |
| Sierra Leone | 0,229 | 0,76 % |
| Singapore | 15 | 1,65 % |
| Slovakia | 2,66 | 1,08 % |
| Slovenia | 0,887 | 0,75 % |
| South Africa | 2,27 | 0,23 % |
| South Korea | 46,3 | 1,43 % |
| South Sudan | 0,175 | 1,51 % |
| Spain | 23,4 | 0,88 % |
| Sri Lanka | 1,27 | 0,37 % |
| Sudan | 0,342 | 0,3 % |
| Suriname | 0,144 | 1,04 % |
| Sweden | 13 | 1,7 % |
| Switzerland | 25 | 2,94 % |
| Taiwan | 19,7 | 1,06 % |
| Tajikistan | 0,446 | 0,78 % |
| Tanzania | 1,41 | 0,52 % |
| Thailand | 5,89 | 0,33 % |
| Tunisia | 1,4 | 0,8 % |
| Turkey | 47 | 1,36 % |
| Turkmenistan | 1,08 | 0,61 % |
| UAE | 2,21 | 0,26 % |
| Uganda | 0,985 | 0,57 % |
| Ukraine | 53,7 | 8,15 % |
| United Kingdom | 71,5 | 1,67 % |
| Uruguay | 0,772 | 0,63 % |
| USA | 895 | 3,07 % |
| Uzbekistan | 2,8 | 0,65 % |
| Venezuela | 4,09 | 1,8 % |
| Vietnam | 8,59 | 0,52 % |
| Yemen | 0,81 | 1,17 % |
| Zambia | 0,394 | 0,44 % |
| Zimbabwe | 0,531 | 0,62 % |
The countries with the highest military expenditures up↑
| № | The country | The military budget (2025, billions of USD) |
| 1 | USA | 895 |
| 2 | China | 266,9 |
| 3 | Russia | 126 |
| 4 | India | 75 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 74,8 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 71,5 |
| 7 | Japan | 57 |
| 8 | Australia | 55,7 |
| 9 | France | 55 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 53,7 |
| 11 | Germany | 50 |
| 12 | Poland | 48,7 |
| 13 | Turkey | 47 |
| 14 | South Korea | 46,3 |
| 15 | Canada | 41 |
| 16 | Italy | 30,9 |
| 17 | Israel | 30,5 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 27 |
| 19 | Brazil | 26,2 |
| 20 | Algeria | 25 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 25 |
| 22 | Spain | 23,4 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 19,7 |
| 24 | Iran | 15,5 |
| 25 | Singapore | 15 |
The countries with the highest share of GDP spent on military needs up↑
| № | The country | The share of military expenditures in GDP, % |
| 1 | DPRK | 9,88 % |
| 2 | Ukraine | 8,15 % |
| 3 | Israel | 5,67 % |
| 4 | Moldova | 3,81 % |
| 5 | Oman | 3,73 % |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 3,55 % |
| 7 | Liberia | 3,44 % |
| 8 | Morocco | 3,37 % |
| 9 | Cuba | 3,29 % |
| 10 | USA | 3,07 % |
| 11 | Algeria | 3,03 % |
| 12 | Libya | 2,97 % |
| 13 | Switzerland | 2,94 % |
| 14 | Australia | 2,93 % |
| 15 | Kuwait | 2,79 % |
| 16 | Qatar | 2,62 % |
| 17 | Eritrea | 2,59 % |
| 18 | Poland | 2,56 % |
| 19 | Armenia | 2,45 % |
| 20 | Estonia | 2,21 % |
| 21 | Jordan | 2 % |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 1,95 % |
| 23 | Finland | 1,88 % |
| 24 | Netherlands | 1,84 % |
| 25 | Russia | 1,82 % |
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