# List of countries with highest military expenditures

This is a list of countries with highest military expenditures.

## Highest military expenditure

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 40 military spenders as of 2023, based on current market exchange rates.
The second list is based on the 2025 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.
| 40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2023 SIPRI Military Expenditure Database | List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2025 edition of "The Military Balance" from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) for the year 2024 |
| RankCountrySpending (US$ bn) % of GDP % of global spending 01 United States916.03.437 02 China296.01.712 03 Russia109.05.94.5 04 India83.62.43.4 05 Saudi Arabia75.87.13.1 06 United Kingdom74.92.33.1 07 Germany66.81.52.7 08 Ukraine64.837.02.7 09 France61.32.12.5 10 Japan50.21.22.1 11 South Korea47.92.82.0 12 Italy35.51.61.5 13 Australia32.31.91.3 14 Poland31.63.81.3 15 Israel27.55.31.1 16 Canada27.21.31.1 17 Spain23.71.51.0 18 Brazil22.91.10.9 19 Algeria 18.3 8.2 0.7 20 Netherlands 16.6 1.5 0.7 21 Taiwan 16.6 2.2 0.7 22 Turkey 15.8 1.5 0.6 23 Singapore 13.2 2.7 0.5 24 Mexico 11.8 0.7 0.5 25 Colombia 10.7 2.9 0.4 26 Iran 10.3 2.1 0.4 27 Indonesia 9.5 0.7 0.4 28 Sweden 8.8 1.5 0.4 29 Norway 8.7 1.6 0.4 30 Pakistan 8.5 2.8 0.3 31 Denmark 8.1 2.0 0.3 32 Kuwait 7.8 4.9 0.3 33 Greece 7.7 3.2 0.3 34 Belgium 7.6 1.2 0.3 35 Finland7.32.40.3 36 Bangladesh 6.9 1.5 0.4 37 Oman 5.9 5.4 0.2 38 Thailand 5.8 1.2 0.2 39 Romania 5.6 1.6 0.2 40 Chile 5.5 1.6 0.2 | RankCountrySpending (US$ bn) 01 United States968.0 02 China235.0 03 Russia145.9 04 Germany86.0 05 United Kingdom81.1 06 India74.4 07 Saudi Arabia71.7 08 France64.0 09 Japan53.0 10 South Korea43.9 11 Australia36.4 12 Italy35.2 13 Israel33.7 14 Ukraine28.4 15 Poland28.4 16 Canada27.0 17 Brazil24.4 18 Netherlands23.6 19 United Arab Emirates22.3 20 Algeria21.4 21 Spain19.4 22 Taiwan18.9 23 Singapore15.2 24 Turkey14.3 25 Iraq12.7 26 Sweden12.3 27 Indonesia10.9 28 Mexico10.2 29 Norway9.8 30 Qatar9.7 |

## Highest military expenditure, share of GDP

The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years.
The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

### As a share of GDP

| List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2023) | List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020 |
| Rank Country % of GDP 1  Ukraine 36.65% 2  Lebanon 8.91% 3  Algeria 8.17% 4  Saudi Arabia 7.09% 5  South Sudan 6.26% 6  Russia 5.86% 7  Armenia 5.45% 8  Oman 5.40% 9  Israel 5.32% 10  Jordan 4.91% 11  Kuwait 4.90% 12  Azerbaijan 4.60% 13  Togo 4.01% 14  Burkina Faso 4.01% 15  Poland 3.83% 16  Mali 3.83% 17  Myanmar 3.79% 18  Burundi 3.66% 19  Morocco 3.64% 20  Kyrgyzstan 3.62% 21  United States 3.36% 22  Greece 3.23% 23  Bahrain 3.11% 24  Brunei 2.97% 25  Chad 2.91% | RankCountry % of GDP 01 Oman12.0 02 Afghanistan10.6 03 Lebanon10.5 04 Kuwait7.1 05 Saudi Arabia7.1 06 Algeria6.7 07 Iraq5.8 08 UAE5.6 09 Azerbaijan5.4 10 Morocco5.3 11 Israel5.2 12 Jordan4.9 13 Armenia4.8 14 Mali4.5 15 Qatar4.4 |
| * Italic values are SIPRI estimates. | |