List of countries by military expenditures

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Map of military spending as a percentage of GDP for countries as of 2022, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute[1] Global military spending in 2021

This is a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollar s based on either constant or current exchange rates.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Military expenditure, total
* 2 Military expenditure, share of GDP
* 2.1 As a share of GDP
* 3 Notes
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Military expenditure, total

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 15 military spenders as of 2022, based on current market exchange rates.[1]

The second list is based on the 2022 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.[2]

Some sources say that Russia and China military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to captive markets and Purchasing Price Parity in those countries.[3][4]

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
2023 Fact Sheet (for 2022)[1]
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[5] | List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2021[6]

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| Rank | Country | Spending
(US$ bn) | % of GDP | % of global spending

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| World total  | 2,240 | 2.2 | 100%
01 |  United States | 877.0 | 3.5 | 39%
02 |  China[lower-alpha 1] | 292.0 | 1.6 | 13%
03 |  Russia | 86.4 | 4.1 | 3.9%
04 |  India | 81.4 | 2.4 | 3.6%
05 |  Saudi Arabia[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | 75.0 | 7.4 | 3.3%
06 |  United Kingdom | 68.5 | 2.2 | 3.1%
07 |  Germany | 55.8 | 1.4 | 2.5%
08 |  France[lower-alpha 3] | 53.6 | 1.9 | 2.4%
09 |  South Korea | 46.4 | 2.7 | 2.1%
100 |  Japan | 46.0 | 1.1 | 2.1%
11 |  Ukraine | 44.0 | 34 | 2.0%
12 |  Italy | 33.5 | 1.7 | 1.5%
13 |  Australia | 32.3 | 1.9 | 1.4%
14 |  Canada | 26.9 | 1.2 | 1.2%
15 |  Israel | 23.4 | 4.5 | 1.0%
16 |  Spain | 20.3 | 1.5 | 0.9%
17 |  Brazil | 20.2 | 1.1 | 0.9%
18 |  Poland[lower-alpha 3] | 16.6 | 2.4 | 0.7%
19 |  Netherlands | 15.6 | 1.6 | 0.7%
20 |  Qatar | 15.4 | 7.0 | 0.7%

2022 edition of "The Military Balance" from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
| Rank | Country | Spending
(US$ bn)

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01 |  United States | 738.0
02 |  China | 193.3
03 |  India | 64.1
04 |  United Kingdom | 61.5
05 |  Russia | 60.6
06 |  France | 56.8
07 |  Germany | 51.3
08 |  Japan | 49.7
09 |  Saudi Arabia | 48.5
10 |  South Korea | 40.4
11 |  Australia | 31.3
12 |  Italy | 29.3
13 |  Brazil | 22.1
14 |  Canada | 20.0
15 |  Israel | 19.9

## Military expenditure, share of GDP

This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.

The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the SIPRI for the year 2019 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the SIPRI for the year 2019.

### As a share of GDP

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[7] (2019)  | List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020[6]

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| Rank  | Country  | % of GDP

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1  |  Oman  | 8.8%
2  |  Saudi Arabia  | 8.5%
3  |  Algeria  | 6.0%
4  |  Kuwait  | 5.6%
5  |  Israel  | 5.3%
6  |  Armenia  | 4.9%
7  |  Jordan  | 4.7%
8  |  Lebanon  | 4.2%
9  |  Azerbaijan  | 4.0%
10  |  Pakistan  | 4.0%
11  |  Russia  | 3.9%
12  |  Bahrain  | 3.7%
13  |  Iraq  | 3.5%*
14  |  USA  | 3.4%
15  |  South Sudan  | 3.4%
| Rank | Country | % of GDP

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01 |  Oman | 12.0
02 |  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | 10.6
03 |  Lebanon | 10.5
04 |  Kuwait | 7.1
05 |  Saudi Arabia | 7.1
06 |  Algeria | 6.7
07 |  Iraq | 5.8
08 |  UAE | 5.6
09 |  Azerbaijan | 5.4
10 |  Morocco | 5.3
10 |  Israel | 5.2
12 |  Jordan | 4.9
13 |  Armenia | 4.8
13 |  Mali | 4.5
15 |  Qatar | 4.4
* Bold values with an asterisk above are highly uncertain SIPRI estimates.

Italic values are SIPRI estimates.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SIPRI estimate.
2. ↑ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.[citation needed]
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for Gendarmerie nationale and Żandarmeria Wojskowa. Inclusive of the Gendarmerie militarised police forces, France's spending is circa $67.17bn and Poland $14.8bn

## See also

* Arms industry
* Military budget
* Past military expenditure by country
* List of countries by military expenditure per capita
* List of countries by Global Militarization Index

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. April 2023. https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/2304_fs_milex_2022.pdf.
2. ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies (25 February 2021). The Military Balance 2021. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1032012278.
3. ↑ "Why Russian Military Expenditure Is Much Higher Than Commonly Understood (As Is China's)" (in en-US). 2019-12-16. https://warontherocks.com/2019/12/why-russian-military-expenditure-is-much-higher-than-commonly-understood-as-is-chinas/.
4. ↑ "Russian defense spending is much larger, and more sustainable than it seems" (in en-US). 2019-05-03. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/03/russian-defense-spending-is-much-larger-and-more-sustainable-than-it-seems/.
5. ↑ "Data for all countries from 1988–2020 in constant (2019) USD (pdf)". SIPRI. https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/Data for all countries from 1988–2020 in constant (2019) USD (pdf).pdf.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "IISS Military Balance 2021". The Military Balance (International Institute for Strategic Studies) 121 (1): 23–29. January 2021. doi:10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791#. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
7. ↑ Excel file here | Derived from SIPRI's own webpage .

## External links

* SIPRI military expenditure database (sipri.org)

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