Data / Rankings / Military expenditure / Countries

Countries by military spending as a share of GDP

Ukraine had the highest military spending as a share of GDP of 151 countries in 2024, at 34% of GDP. Panama had the lowest, at 0% of GDP. The median was 1.6% of GDP and the figure for the World was 2.4% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

Highest34Ukraine
Lowest0Panama
Median1.6151 countries
World2.4History

Top 40 countries, 2024

CSVChart (SVG)

UkraineUkraine: 34 % of GDP34IsraelIsrael: 8.5 % of GDP8.5AlgeriaAlgeria: 8 % of GDP8RussiaRussia: 6.9 % of GDP6.9MyanmarMyanmar: 6.6 % of GDP6.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 6.5 % of GDP6.5Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 6.4 % of GDP6.4OmanOman: 5.6 % of GDP5.6ArmeniaArmenia: 5.5 % of GDP5.5AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 5.1 % of GDP5.1JordanJordan: 4.7 % of GDP4.7KuwaitKuwait: 4.4 % of GDP4.4Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 4.4 % of GDP4.4MaliMali: 4.2 % of GDP4.2PolandPoland: 3.8 % of GDP3.8BruneiBrunei: 3.7 % of GDP3.7BurundiBurundi: 3.6 % of GDP3.6MoroccoMorocco: 3.4 % of GDP3.4United StatesUnited States: 3.4 % of GDP3.4ColombiaColombia: 3.3 % of GDP3.3EstoniaEstonia: 3.3 % of GDP3.3LatviaLatvia: 3.3 % of GDP3.3LithuaniaLithuania: 3.1 % of GDP3.1ChadChad: 3 % of GDP3BahrainBahrain: 2.9 % of GDP2.9KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan: 2.9 % of GDP2.9GreeceGreece: 2.9 % of GDP2.9SingaporeSingapore: 2.8 % of GDP2.8NamibiaNamibia: 2.8 % of GDP2.8PakistanPakistan: 2.7 % of GDP2.7BotswanaBotswana: 2.7 % of GDP2.7SerbiaSerbia: 2.7 % of GDP2.7Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 2.6 % of GDP2.6MauritaniaMauritania: 2.5 % of GDP2.5South KoreaSouth Korea: 2.5 % of GDP2.5TunisiaTunisia: 2.5 % of GDP2.5United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 2.4 % of GDP2.4EcuadorEcuador: 2.3 % of GDP2.3IraqIraq: 2.3 % of GDP2.3DenmarkDenmark: 2.3 % of GDP2.3
% of GDP. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024
% of GDP		Change on 2023
1Ukraine34-2.1 pts
2Israel8.5+3.2 pts
3Algeria8+0.6 pts
4Russia6.9+1.6 pts
5Myanmar6.6+2.9 pts
6South Sudan6.5+4.2 pts
7Saudi Arabia6.40 pts
8Oman5.6+0.1 pts
9Armenia5.5-0 pts
10Azerbaijan5.1+0.2 pts
11Jordan4.7-0.1 pts
12Kuwait4.4+0.2 pts
13Burkina Faso4.4+0.3 pts
14Mali4.2+0.4 pts
15Poland3.8+0.5 pts
16Brunei3.7+0.7 pts
17Burundi3.6+0.1 pts
18Morocco3.4-0.1 pts
19United States3.4+0.1 pts
20Colombia3.3+0.4 pts
21Estonia3.3+0.3 pts
22Latvia3.3+0.4 pts
23Lithuania3.1+0.3 pts
24Chad3+0.9 pts
25Bahrain2.9-0.6 pts
26Kyrgyzstan2.9-0.3 pts
27Greece2.9-0 pts
28Singapore2.80 pts
29Namibia2.80 pts
30Pakistan2.7-0.2 pts
31Botswana2.7+0.9 pts
32Serbia2.7+0.5 pts
33Central African Republic2.6+0.2 pts
34Mauritania2.5-0 pts
35South Korea2.5-0.1 pts
36Tunisia2.5-0 pts
37United Kingdom2.4+0.3 pts
38Ecuador2.3+0.1 pts
39Iraq2.30 pts
40Denmark2.3+0.3 pts
41Lebanon2.3+1 pts
42Norway2.2+0.4 pts
43India2.2-0.1 pts
44Iran2.2-0.3 pts
45Niger2.2+0.2 pts
46Togo2.2-0.9 pts
47Finland2.2+0.2 pts
48Romania2.2+0.6 pts
49Guinea2.20 pts
50Timor-Leste2.2-0.5 pts
51Hungary2.1+0.1 pts
52Mozambique2.1+0.2 pts
53France2+0.1 pts
54Sweden2+0.5 pts
55Belarus2+0.1 pts
56Albania2+0.3 pts
57Slovakia2+0.2 pts
58Uganda2+0.1 pts
59Senegal2+0.5 pts
60Uruguay20 pts
61Netherlands1.9+0.5 pts
62Bulgaria1.9-0 pts
63Australia1.90 pts
64Czechia1.9+0.6 pts
65Croatia1.9+0.2 pts
66Türkiye1.8+0.2 pts
67Germany1.8+0.3 pts
68Montenegro1.8+0.3 pts
69Vietnam1.8-0 pts
70North Macedonia1.8-0 pts
71Chile1.70 pts
72China1.70 pts
73Somalia1.7+0.4 pts
74Lesotho1.6-0 pts
75Georgia1.6-0.1 pts
76Italy1.6+0.1 pts
77Cyprus1.6-0 pts
78Eswatini1.5-0.1 pts
79Gabon1.5+0.2 pts
80Cambodia1.5-0 pts
81Honduras1.5-0.1 pts
82Spain1.5-0.1 pts
83Portugal1.4+0.2 pts
84El Salvador1.40 pts
85Jamaica1.4+0.2 pts
86Canada1.30 pts
87Slovenia1.30 pts
88Tajikistan1.3-1.1 pts
89Zambia1.3-0 pts
90Fiji1.3-0 pts
91Japan1.3+0.2 pts
92Sri Lanka1.3-0 pts
93Belgium1.3+0.1 pts
94Seychelles1.3-0.1 pts
95Republic of the Congo1.2-0.8 pts
96Rwanda1.2-0 pts
97Bolivia1.2-0.1 pts
98Democratic Republic of the Congo1.2+0.1 pts
99Philippines1.20 pts
100Tanzania1.2-0.1 pts
101New Zealand1.2-0 pts
102Mexico1.1+0.5 pts
103Belize1.10 pts
104Malawi1.1-0.1 pts
105Thailand1.1-0.1 pts
106Guinea-Bissau1+0.1 pts
107Kenya1+0.1 pts
108Malaysia1+0.1 pts
109Angola1-0.4 pts
110Nepal1-0.1 pts
111Cameroon1+0.1 pts
112Austria1+0.1 pts
113Trinidad and Tobago10 pts
114Brazil1-0 pts
115Paraguay0.90 pts
116Equatorial Guinea0.9-0.4 pts
117Peru0.9-0.4 pts
118Bangladesh0.9-0 pts
119Indonesia0.90 pts
120Guyana0.8+0.2 pts
121Dominican Republic0.80 pts
122Benin0.80 pts
123Côte d’Ivoire0.8-0.1 pts
124Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8-0 pts
125Mongolia0.8+0.2 pts
126South Africa0.8-0 pts
127Madagascar0.7+0.1 pts
128Liberia0.7-0.7 pts
129Switzerland0.7-0 pts
130Egypt0.7-0.1 pts
131Luxembourg0.7-0 pts
132Sierra Leone0.7+0.1 pts
133Argentina0.7-0.1 pts
134Cape Verde0.60 pts
135Moldova0.60 pts
136Gambia0.6-0 pts
137Nigeria0.6-0.3 pts
138Nicaragua0.6-0 pts
139Ethiopia0.5-0.3 pts
140Kazakhstan0.4-0 pts
141Guatemala0.4-0 pts
142Malta0.4-0 pts
143Zimbabwe0.4+0.1 pts
144Ghana0.3-0 pts
145Papua New Guinea0.3-0 pts
146Ireland0.2-0 pts
147Mauritius0.1-0 pts
148Haiti0.10 pts
149Costa Rica00 pts
149Iceland00 pts
149Panama00 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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).

SIPRI definition, so values can differ from the NATO defence expenditure figures used for the 2% target.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 14 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Countries by military spending as a share of GDP using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"military_expenditure_gdp","level":"country","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=military_expenditure_gdp&level=country&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which country has the highest military spending as a share of GDP?

Ukraine, with 34% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest military spending as a share of GDP?

Panama, with 0% of GDP in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Military expenditure, % of GDP (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 14 countries have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.

Military expenditure: other rankings

Countries: more rankings