Country Comparison > Military expenditures - percent of GDP

Rank	Country	Military expenditures - percent of GDP
1	Oman	8.8
2	Saudi Arabia	8
3	Algeria	6
4	United Arab Emirates	5.7
5	Kuwait	5.6
6	Israel	5
7	Armenia	4.9
8	Jordan	4.7
9	Lebanon	4.2
10	Pakistan	4
11	Azerbaijan	4
12	Uzbekistan	4
13	Yemen	3.98
14	Russia	3.9
15	Ukraine	3.9
16	Iran	3.8
17	Bahrain	3.7
18	Iraq	3.5
19	South Sudan	3.5
20	United States	3.42
21	Brunei	3.3
22	Bulgaria	3.25
23	Colombia	3.2
24	Singapore	3.2
25	Togo	3.1
26	Morocco	3.1
27	Namibia	3
28	Cuba	2.9
29	Burma	2.9
30	Botswana	2.8
31	Mauritania	2.8
32	Korea, South	2.7
33	Mali	2.7
34	Congo, Republic of the	2.7
35	Tunisia	2.6
36	Burkina Faso	2.4
37	India	2.4
38	Cambodia	2.3
39	Ecuador	2.3
40	Vietnam	2.3
41	Greece	2.28
42	Chad	2.2
43	Serbia	2.2
44	United Kingdom	2.14
45	Estonia	2.14
46	Uganda	2.1
47	Romania	2.04
48	Lithuania	2.03
49	Latvia	2.01
50	Poland	2
51	Uruguay	2
52	Guinea	2
53	Georgia	2
54	Sri Lanka	1.9
55	China	1.9
56	Australia	1.9
57	Turkey	1.89
58	France	1.84
59	Chile	1.8
60	Burundi	1.8
61	Niger	1.8
62	Norway	1.8
63	Swaziland	1.8
64	Slovakia	1.74
65	Taiwan	1.7
66	Guyana	1.7
67	Croatia	1.68
68	Montenegro	1.66
69	Nepal	1.6
70	Sudan	1.6
71	Jamaica	1.6
72	Honduras	1.6
73	Fiji	1.6
74	Gabon	1.6
75	Angola	1.6
76	Portugal	1.52
77	Senegal	1.5
78	New Zealand	1.5
79	Lesotho	1.5
80	Brazil	1.5
81	Central African Republic	1.5
82	Finland	1.5
83	Kyrgyzstan	1.5
84	Bolivia	1.4
85	Guinea-Bissau	1.4
86	Germany	1.38
87	Netherlands	1.36
88	Denmark	1.32
89	Canada	1.31
90	Bangladesh	1.3
91	Albania	1.3
92	Kenya	1.3
93	Seychelles	1.3
94	Thailand	1.3
95	Tanzania	1.3
96	Italy	1.22
97	Hungary	1.21
98	El Salvador	1.2
99	Belize	1.2
100	Afghanistan	1.2
101	Belarus	1.2
102	Egypt	1.2
103	Tajikistan	1.2
104	Rwanda	1.2
105	Peru	1.2
106	Macedonia	1.2
107	Zambia	1.2
108	Czech Republic	1.19
109	Equatorial Guinea	1.1
110	Cameroon	1.1
111	Kazakhstan	1.1
112	Sweden	1.1
113	Slovenia	1.04
114	South Africa	1
115	Philippines	1
116	East Timor	1
117	Paraguay	1
118	Malaysia	1
119	Zimbabwe	1
120	Mozambique	0.99
121	Belgium	0.93
122	Japan	0.93
123	Spain	0.92
124	Malawi	0.9
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.9
126	Kosovo	0.8
127	Gambia, The	0.8
128	Ethiopia	0.7
129	Indonesia	0.7
130	Benin	0.7
131	Austria	0.7
132	Argentina	0.7
133	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.7
134	Dominican Republic	0.7
135	Mongolia	0.7
136	Nicaragua	0.7
137	Sierra Leone	0.7
138	Switzerland	0.7
139	Trinidad and Tobago	0.7
140	Malta	0.6
141	Madagascar	0.6
142	Luxembourg	0.56
143	Liberia	0.5
144	Mexico	0.5
145	Nigeria	0.5
146	Cape Verde	0.5
147	Venezuela	0.5
148	Ghana	0.4
149	Guatemala	0.4
150	Moldova	0.4
151	Papua New Guinea	0.4
152	Iceland	0.3
153	Ireland	0.3
154	Laos	0.2
155	Mauritius	0.2

Definition: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Military expenditures - percent of GDP map

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