# Countries by military spending as a share of GDP, 2025

All 149 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable. 16 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `military_expenditure_gdp`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP: current and capital spending on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces, defence ministries, paramilitary forces trained for military operations and military space activities. World Bank series from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- Source: World Bank, Military expenditure, % of GDP (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Military expenditure, % of GDP (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/military-expenditure/countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/military-expenditure/countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ukraine | 39.6 |
| 2 | Algeria | 8.8 |
| 3 | Israel | 7.8 |
| 4 | Russia | 7.5 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 6.5 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 6.5 |
| 7 | Armenia | 6.1 |
| 8 | Oman | 5.7 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 4.7 |
| 10 | Jordan | 4.6 |
| 11 | Poland | 4.5 |
| 12 | Mali | 3.9 |
| 13 | Latvia | 3.6 |
| 14 | Morocco | 3.5 |
| 15 | South Sudan | 3.4 |
| 16 | Estonia | 3.4 |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 3.3 |
| 18 | Norway | 3.3 |
| 19 | Denmark | 3.3 |
| 20 | Burundi | 3.2 |
| 21 | Colombia | 3.2 |
| 22 | Chad | 3.2 |
| 23 | United States | 3.1 |
| 24 | Botswana | 3.1 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 3.1 |
| 26 | Lithuania | 3.1 |
| 27 | Singapore | 3 |
| 28 | Greece | 3 |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.9 |
| 30 | Pakistan | 2.9 |
| 31 | Namibia | 2.8 |
| 32 | Serbia | 2.8 |
| 33 | Mauritania | 2.7 |
| 34 | South Korea | 2.6 |
| 35 | Finland | 2.6 |
| 36 | Lebanon | 2.5 |
| 37 | Tunisia | 2.5 |
| 38 | Sweden | 2.5 |
| 39 | Iraq | 2.4 |
| 40 | Belarus | 2.4 |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 2.4 |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 2.3 |
| 43 | India | 2.3 |
| 44 | Uruguay | 2.3 |
| 45 | Romania | 2.3 |
| 46 | Germany | 2.3 |
| 47 | Timor-Leste | 2.3 |
| 48 | Netherlands | 2.2 |
| 49 | Vietnam | 2.2 |
| 50 | Niger | 2.1 |
| 51 | Spain | 2.1 |
| 52 | Ecuador | 2.1 |
| 53 | Iran | 2.1 |
| 54 | Hungary | 2 |
| 55 | Albania | 2 |
| 56 | Slovakia | 2 |
| 57 | Guinea | 2 |
| 58 | France | 2 |
| 59 | Croatia | 2 |
| 60 | Belgium | 2 |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 2 |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 2 |
| 63 | Uganda | 2 |
| 64 | Australia | 1.9 |
| 65 | Türkiye | 1.9 |
| 66 | Montenegro | 1.9 |
| 67 | Italy | 1.9 |
| 68 | Togo | 1.9 |
| 69 | Mozambique | 1.9 |
| 70 | Czechia | 1.8 |
| 71 | Georgia | 1.7 |
| 72 | China | 1.7 |
| 73 | Portugal | 1.7 |
| 74 | Gabon | 1.7 |
| 75 | Lesotho | 1.6 |
| 76 | Canada | 1.6 |
| 77 | Cyprus | 1.6 |
| 78 | Eswatini | 1.6 |
| 79 | Senegal | 1.6 |
| 80 | Slovenia | 1.5 |
| 81 | Somalia | 1.5 |
| 82 | Chile | 1.5 |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 1.5 |
| 84 | Honduras | 1.5 |
| 85 | Cambodia | 1.5 |
| 86 | Japan | 1.4 |
| 87 | Angola | 1.4 |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.4 |
| 89 | Jamaica | 1.4 |
| 90 | El Salvador | 1.3 |
| 91 | Fiji | 1.3 |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 1.3 |
| 93 | Republic of the Congo | 1.3 |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.3 |
| 95 | Rwanda | 1.3 |
| 96 | Zambia | 1.3 |
| 97 | Seychelles | 1.2 |
| 98 | Bolivia | 1.2 |
| 99 | Tanzania | 1.2 |
| 100 | Malawi | 1.1 |
| 101 | New Zealand | 1.1 |
| 102 | Austria | 1.1 |
| 103 | Kenya | 1.1 |
| 104 | Cameroon | 1.1 |
| 105 | Brazil | 1.1 |
| 106 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 107 | Thailand | 1 |
| 108 | Malaysia | 1 |
| 109 | Belize | 1 |
| 110 | Guyana | 1 |
| 111 | Nepal | 1 |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9 |
| 113 | Nigeria | 0.9 |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9 |
| 115 | Benin | 0.9 |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9 |
| 117 | Mongolia | 0.9 |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.9 |
| 119 | Liberia | 0.9 |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 0.9 |
| 121 | Peru | 0.8 |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 0.8 |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 0.8 |
| 124 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.8 |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.8 |
| 126 | South Africa | 0.7 |
| 127 | Mexico | 0.7 |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7 |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 0.7 |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.6 |
| 131 | Egypt | 0.6 |
| 132 | Gambia | 0.6 |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.6 |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 0.6 |
| 135 | Argentina | 0.6 |
| 136 | Moldova | 0.6 |
| 137 | Guatemala | 0.5 |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.5 |
| 139 | Ghana | 0.5 |
| 140 | Malta | 0.4 |
| 141 | Kazakhstan | 0.4 |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4 |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.2 |
| 145 | Mauritius | 0.1 |
| 146 | Haiti | 0.1 |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 147 | Iceland | 0 |
| 147 | Panama | 0 |