# Defense spending by nation — world ranking

Defense spending ranked across 163 nations, highest to lowest. United States highest at $997 B (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation…

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/military-spending
Updated: 2026-06-14 (the military domain's last refresh)

Definition: Total military expenditure at current prices.
Unit: USD. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

Note: this table mixes vintages — each publisher carries a nation's latest available year, so observations run from 2003 to 2024. Every row shows its own.

## Ranking (163 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $997 B | 2024 |
| 2 | China | $314 B | 2024 |
| 3 | Russia | $149 B | 2024 |
| 4 | Germany | $88 B | 2024 |
| 5 | India | $86 B | 2024 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | $82 B | 2024 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | $80 B | 2024 |
| 8 | Ukraine | $65 B | 2024 |
| 9 | France | $65 B | 2024 |
| 10 | Japan | $55 B | 2024 |
| 11 | South Korea | $48 B | 2024 |
| 12 | Poland | $38 B | 2024 |
| 13 | Italy | $38 B | 2024 |
| 14 | Australia | $34 B | 2024 |
| 15 | Canada | $29 B | 2024 |
| 16 | Türkiye | $25 B | 2024 |
| 17 | Spain | $25 B | 2024 |
| 18 | Netherlands | $23 B | 2024 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | $23 B | 2014 |
| 20 | Algeria | $22 B | 2024 |
| 21 | Brazil | $21 B | 2024 |
| 22 | Mexico | $17 B | 2024 |
| 23 | Qatar | $15 B | 2022 |
| 24 | Colombia | $15 B | 2024 |
| 25 | Sweden | $12 B | 2024 |
| 26 | Indonesia | $11 B | 2024 |
| 27 | Norway | $10 B | 2024 |
| 28 | Pakistan | $10 B | 2024 |
| 29 | Denmark | $10.0 B | 2024 |
| 30 | Romania | $8.7 B | 2024 |
| 31 | Belgium | $8.6 B | 2024 |
| 32 | Greece | $8.0 B | 2024 |
| 33 | Iran | $7.9 B | 2024 |
| 34 | Kuwait | $7.8 B | 2024 |
| 35 | Finland | $7.0 B | 2024 |
| 36 | Switzerland | $6.7 B | 2024 |
| 37 | Czechia | $6.5 B | 2024 |
| 38 | Iraq | $6.2 B | 2024 |
| 39 | Philippines | $6.1 B | 2024 |
| 40 | Oman | $6.0 B | 2024 |
| 41 | Thailand | $5.5 B | 2024 |
| 42 | Morocco | $5.5 B | 2024 |
| 43 | Vietnam | $5.5 B | 2018 |
| 44 | Austria | $5.3 B | 2024 |
| 45 | Chile | $5.1 B | 2024 |
| 46 | Myanmar | $5.0 B | 2024 |
| 47 | Hungary | $4.7 B | 2024 |
| 48 | Portugal | $4.6 B | 2024 |
| 49 | Malaysia | $4.3 B | 2024 |
| 50 | Argentina | $4.2 B | 2024 |
| 51 | Bangladesh | $4.0 B | 2024 |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | $3.8 B | 2024 |
| 53 | New Zealand | $3.0 B | 2024 |
| 54 | Slovakia | $2.8 B | 2024 |
| 55 | South Africa | $2.8 B | 2024 |
| 56 | Ecuador | $2.7 B | 2024 |
| 57 | Lithuania | $2.6 B | 2024 |
| 58 | Peru | $2.6 B | 2024 |
| 59 | Jordan | $2.6 B | 2024 |
| 60 | Syria | $2.5 B | 2011 |
| 61 | Egypt | $2.4 B | 2024 |
| 62 | Bulgaria | $2.3 B | 2024 |
| 63 | Serbia | $2.3 B | 2024 |
| 64 | South Sudan | $2.0 B | 2024 |
| 65 | Uruguay | $1.7 B | 2024 |
| 66 | Yemen | $1.7 B | 2014 |
| 67 | Croatia | $1.6 B | 2024 |
| 68 | North Korea | $1.6 B | 2018 |
| 69 | Libya | $1.6 B | 2023 |
| 70 | Belarus | $1.5 B | 2024 |
| 71 | Estonia | $1.4 B | 2024 |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | $1.4 B | 2018 |
| 73 | Latvia | $1.4 B | 2024 |
| 74 | Armenia | $1.4 B | 2024 |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | $1.3 B | 2024 |
| 76 | Ireland | $1.3 B | 2024 |
| 77 | Tunisia | $1.3 B | 2024 |
| 78 | Kenya | $1.2 B | 2024 |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | $1.2 B | 2024 |
| 80 | Nigeria | $1.1 B | 2024 |
| 81 | Uganda | $1.1 B | 2024 |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | $1.0 B | 2024 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | $981 M | 2024 |
| 84 | Slovenia | $952 M | 2024 |
| 85 | Mali | $929 M | 2024 |
| 86 | Angola | $922 M | 2024 |
| 87 | Ethiopia | $922 M | 2024 |
| 88 | Tanzania | $921 M | 2024 |
| 89 | DR Congo | $899 M | 2024 |
| 90 | Luxembourg | $872 M | 2024 |
| 91 | Cambodia | $721 M | 2024 |
| 92 | Ivory Coast | $658 M | 2024 |
| 93 | Bolivia | $655 M | 2024 |
| 94 | Lebanon | $635 M | 2024 |
| 95 | Georgia | $616 M | 2024 |
| 96 | Cyprus | $598 M | 2024 |
| 97 | Honduras | $581 M | 2024 |
| 98 | Botswana | $568 M | 2024 |
| 99 | Guinea | $562 M | 2024 |
| 100 | Brunei | $559 M | 2024 |
| 101 | Chad | $558 M | 2024 |
| 102 | Albania | $535 M | 2024 |
| 103 | Cameroon | $535 M | 2024 |
| 104 | Senegal | $515 M | 2024 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | $473 M | 2024 |
| 106 | Mozambique | $450 M | 2024 |
| 107 | Niger | $436 M | 2024 |
| 108 | Nepal | $427 M | 2024 |
| 109 | El Salvador | $425 M | 2024 |
| 110 | Guatemala | $415 M | 2024 |
| 111 | Paraguay | $414 M | 2024 |
| 112 | Sudan | $375 M | 2021 |
| 113 | Namibia | $362 M | 2024 |
| 114 | North Macedonia | $354 M | 2024 |
| 115 | Zambia | $350 M | 2024 |
| 116 | Gabon | $319 M | 2024 |
| 117 | Afghanistan | $278 M | 2021 |
| 118 | Ghana | $269 M | 2024 |
| 119 | Jamaica | $263 M | 2024 |
| 120 | Mauritania | $260 M | 2024 |
| 121 | Tajikistan | $246 M | 2024 |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | $235 M | 2024 |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $216 M | 2024 |
| 124 | Somalia | $202 M | 2024 |
| 125 | Guyana | $202 M | 2024 |
| 126 | Togo | $195 M | 2024 |
| 127 | Congo | $182 M | 2024 |
| 128 | Eritrea | $182 M | 2003 |
| 129 | Mongolia | $181 M | 2024 |
| 130 | Rwanda | $176 M | 2024 |
| 131 | Burundi | $172 M | 2024 |
| 132 | Kosovo | $166 M | 2024 |
| 133 | Benin | $154 M | 2024 |
| 134 | Montenegro | $150 M | 2024 |
| 135 | Cuba | $129 M | 2018 |
| 136 | Madagascar | $122 M | 2024 |
| 137 | Malawi | $118 M | 2024 |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | $113 M | 2024 |
| 139 | Moldova | $111 M | 2024 |
| 140 | Malta | $109 M | 2024 |
| 141 | Nicaragua | $105 M | 2024 |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | $98 M | 2024 |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | $91 M | 2024 |
| 144 | Eswatini | $80 M | 2024 |
| 145 | Fiji | $78 M | 2024 |
| 146 | Central African Republic | $71 M | 2024 |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | $46 M | 2024 |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | $36 M | 2024 |
| 149 | Lesotho | $36 M | 2024 |
| 150 | Djibouti | $36 M | 2008 |
| 151 | Liberia | $34 M | 2024 |
| 152 | Belize | $30 M | 2024 |
| 153 | Seychelles | $27 M | 2024 |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | $25 M | 2023 |
| 155 | Mauritius | $23 M | 2024 |
| 156 | Laos | $23 M | 2013 |
| 157 | Haiti | $20 M | 2024 |
| 158 | Cape Verde | $17 M | 2024 |
| 159 | Gambia | $14 M | 2024 |
| 160 | Costa Rica | $0 | 2024 |
| 160 | Iceland | $0 | 2024 |
| 160 | Panama | $0 | 2024 |
| 160 | Venezuela | $0 | 2024 |

## No data (23 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked.

- Andorra
- Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- Bahamas
- Bhutan
- Comoros
- Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- Greenland
- Liechtenstein
- Monaco
- New Caledonia
- Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Palestine
- Puerto Rico
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Solomon Islands
- Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- Suriname
- Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- Turkmenistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

## Sources

- Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex

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