Countries by Military Spending

Complete ranking of 158 countries • % of GDP • Updated 2026

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Ukraine leads all 158 countries in Military Spending with a value of 34.48% of GDP, while Haiti ranks last at 0.07% of GDP. This represents a 504-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Military Spending Measures

Military expenditure as a share of GDP, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Military Spending across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0.07% of GDP (Haiti) to 34.48% of GDP (Ukraine) — a 504-fold difference across 158 countries.

Regional Patterns

Asian countries dominate this ranking, holding 10 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are tightly clustered around the median of 1.71% of GDP, with most countries falling within a narrow range. A few outliers at the extremes account for most of the overall spread.

Notable Outliers

Ukraine stands far above the rest, with a value 293% higher than second-place Israel. This extraordinary lead suggests unique national circumstances — geographic scale, resource endowment, or policy choices — that set it apart from even its closest competitors.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Ukraine

34.48% of GDP

Asia

Israel

8.78% of GDP

Africa

Algeria

7.97% of GDP

North America

United States

3.42% of GDP

South America

Uruguay

2.31% of GDP

Oceania

Australia

1.88% of GDP

Highest Military Spending

The 5 strongest Military Spending reads.

Ukraine34.48% of GDP Israel8.78% of GDP Algeria7.97% of GDP Saudi Arabia7.30% of GDP Russia7.05% of GDP

Lowest Military Spending

The 5 lowest Military Spending reads.

Haiti0.07% of GDP Mauritius0.15% of GDP Laos0.19% of GDP Ireland0.24% of GDP Papua New Guinea0.31% of GDP

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 158 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stUkraine34.48% of GDP

2ndIsrael8.8% of GDP

3rdAlgeria8.0% of GDP

4thSaudi Arabia7.3% of GDP

5thRussia7.1% of GDP

6thMyanmar6.8% of GDP

7thQatar6.5% of GDP

8thUnited Arab Emirates5.6% of GDP

9thOman5.6% of GDP

10thArmenia5.5% of GDP

Country Ladder

1stUkraineEurope34.48% of GDP 2ndIsraelAsia8.8% of GDP 3rdAlgeriaAfrica8.0% of GDP 4thSaudi ArabiaAsia7.3% of GDP 5thRussiaEurope7.1% of GDP 6thMyanmarAsia6.8% of GDP 7thQatarAsia6.5% of GDP 8thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia5.6% of GDP 9thOmanAsia5.6% of GDP 10thArmeniaEurope5.5% of GDP 11thLibyaAfrica5.3% of GDP 12thAzerbaijanEurope5.0% of GDP 13thKuwaitAsia4.8% of GDP 14thJordanAsia4.8% of GDP 15thBurkina FasoAfrica4.7% of GDP 16thMaliAfrica4.2% of GDP 17thPolandEurope4.2% of GDP 18thYemenAsia4.0% of GDP 19thBurundiAfrica3.8% of GDP 20thBruneiAsia3.6% of GDP 21stMoroccoAfrica3.5% of GDP 22ndUnited StatesNorth America3.4% of GDP 23rdEstoniaEurope3.4% of GDP 24thColombiaNorth America3.4% of GDP 25thLatviaEurope3.3% of GDP 26thGreeceEurope3.1% of GDP 27thLithuaniaEurope3.1% of GDP 28thChadAfrica3.0% of GDP 29thKyrgyzstanAsia3.0% of GDP 30thBahrainAsia2.9% of GDP 31stCubaNorth America2.9% of GDP 32ndUzbekistanAsia2.9% of GDP 33rdSingaporeAsia2.8% of GDP 34thBotswanaAfrica2.8% of GDP 35thNamibiaAfrica2.7% of GDP 36thPakistanAsia2.7% of GDP 37thTimor-LesteAsia2.7% of GDP 38thSerbiaEurope2.6% of GDP 39thLebanonAsia2.6% of GDP 40thSouth KoreaAsia2.6% of GDP 41stCentral African RepublicAfrica2.5% of GDP 42ndTunisiaAfrica2.5% of GDP 43rdDenmarkEurope2.4% of GDP 44thIraqAsia2.4% of GDP 45thUruguaySouth America2.3% of GDP 46thFinlandEurope2.3% of GDP 47thRomaniaEurope2.3% of GDP 48thUnited KingdomEurope2.3% of GDP 49thIndiaAsia2.3% of GDP 50thNigerAfrica2.2% of GDP 51stEcuadorSouth America2.2% of GDP 52ndHungaryEurope2.2% of GDP 53rdMauritaniaAfrica2.2% of GDP 54thBulgariaEurope2.1% of GDP 55thNorth MacedoniaEurope2.1% of GDP 56thNorwayEurope2.1% of GDP 57thBelarusEurope2.1% of GDP 58thGuineaAfrica2.1% of GDP 59thFranceEurope2.1% of GDP 60thAlbaniaEurope2.0% of GDP 61stSlovakiaEurope2.0% of GDP 62ndIranAsia2.0% of GDP 63rdTogoAfrica2.0% of GDP 64thSwedenEurope2.0% of GDP 65thMozambiqueAfrica2.0% of GDP 66thSouth SudanAfrica2.0% of GDP 67thTurkeyEurope1.9% of GDP 68thCzechiaEurope1.9% of GDP 69thNetherlandsEurope1.9% of GDP 70thGermanyEurope1.9% of GDP 71stAustraliaOceania1.9% of GDP 72ndUgandaAfrica1.9% of GDP 73rdGeorgiaEurope1.9% of GDP 74thTajikistanAsia1.8% of GDP 75thMontenegroEurope1.8% of GDP 76thAfghanistanAsia1.8% of GDP 77thVietnamAsia1.8% of GDP 78thCroatiaEurope1.8% of GDP 79thChinaAsia1.7% of GDP 80thCyprusEurope1.6% of GDP 81stItalyEurope1.6% of GDP 82ndSomaliaAfrica1.6% of GDP 83rdChileSouth America1.6% of GDP 84thHondurasNorth America1.6% of GDP 85thLesothoAfrica1.6% of GDP 86thSenegalAfrica1.6% of GDP 87thGabonAfrica1.5% of GDP 88thPortugalEurope1.5% of GDP 89thCambodiaAsia1.5% of GDP 90thEswatiniAfrica1.4% of GDP 91stSpainEurope1.4% of GDP 92ndSri LankaAsia1.4% of GDP 93rdJapanAsia1.4% of GDP 94thBoliviaSouth America1.4% of GDP 95thZambiaAfrica1.3% of GDP 96thPhilippinesAsia1.3% of GDP 97thCanadaNorth America1.3% of GDP 98thFijiOceania1.3% of GDP 99thSloveniaEurope1.3% of GDP 100thBelgiumEurope1.3% of GDP 101stJamaicaNorth America1.3% of GDP 102ndRwandaAfrica1.2% of GDP 103rdGuinea-BissauAfrica1.2% of GDP 104thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica1.2% of GDP 105thNew ZealandOceania1.2% of GDP 106thEl SalvadorNorth America1.2% of GDP 107thCongoAfrica1.2% of GDP 108thSeychellesAfrica1.2% of GDP 109thTanzaniaAfrica1.2% of GDP 110thThailandAsia1.1% of GDP 111stMalawiAfrica1.0% of GDP 112ndCameroonAfrica1.0% of GDP 113rdAngolaAfrica1.0% of GDP 114thAustriaEurope1.00% of GDP 115thKenyaAfrica1.00% of GDP 116thMalaysiaAsia0.99% of GDP 117thEquatorial GuineaAfrica0.98% of GDP 118thNepalAsia0.98% of GDP 119thBrazilSouth America0.97% of GDP 120thLuxembourgEurope0.96% of GDP 121stBangladeshAsia0.94% of GDP 122ndParaguaySouth America0.93% of GDP 123rdSudanAfrica0.93% of GDP 124thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America0.92% of GDP 125thPeruSouth America0.91% of GDP 126thBelizeNorth America0.90% of GDP 127thMexicoNorth America0.89% of GDP 128thGuyanaNorth America0.87% of GDP 129thDominican RepublicNorth America0.78% of GDP 130thIndonesiaAsia0.78% of GDP 131stCôte d'IvoireAfrica0.76% of GDP 132ndBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope0.75% of GDP 133rdMongoliaAsia0.74% of GDP 134thBeninAfrica0.72% of GDP 135thSwitzerlandEurope0.72% of GDP 136thLiberiaAfrica0.71% of GDP 137thMadagascarAfrica0.71% of GDP 138thSouth AfricaAfrica0.70% of GDP 139thEgyptAfrica0.67% of GDP 140thEthiopiaAfrica0.65% of GDP 141stCabo VerdeAfrica0.62% of GDP 142ndArgentinaSouth America0.62% of GDP 143rdMoldovaEurope0.60% of GDP 144thGambiaAfrica0.57% of GDP 145thNigeriaAfrica0.56% of GDP 146thNicaraguaNorth America0.55% of GDP 147thVenezuelaNorth America0.50% of GDP 148thSierra LeoneAfrica0.46% of GDP 149thMaltaEurope0.45% of GDP 150thKazakhstanAsia0.43% of GDP 151stGhanaAfrica0.38% of GDP 152ndGuatemalaNorth America0.37% of GDP 153rdZimbabweAfrica0.35% of GDP 154thPapua New GuineaOceania0.31% of GDP 155thIrelandEurope0.24% of GDP 156thLaosAsia0.19% of GDP 157thMauritiusAfrica0.15% of GDP 158thHaitiNorth America0.07% of GDP

Military Spending ranking for 158 countries
				Percentile
1st	Ukraine	34.48% of GDP	Europe	100%
2nd	Israel	8.8% of GDP	Asia	99%
3rd	Algeria	8.0% of GDP	Africa	99%
4th	Saudi Arabia	7.3% of GDP	Asia	98%
5th	Russia	7.1% of GDP	Europe	97%
6th	Myanmar	6.8% of GDP	Asia	97%
7th	Qatar	6.5% of GDP	Asia	96%
8th	United Arab Emirates	5.6% of GDP	Asia	96%
9th	Oman	5.6% of GDP	Asia	95%
10th	Armenia	5.5% of GDP	Europe	94%
11th	Libya	5.3% of GDP	Africa	94%
12th	Azerbaijan	5.0% of GDP	Europe	93%
13th	Kuwait	4.8% of GDP	Asia	92%
14th	Jordan	4.8% of GDP	Asia	92%
15th	Burkina Faso	4.7% of GDP	Africa	91%
16th	Mali	4.2% of GDP	Africa	91%
17th	Poland	4.2% of GDP	Europe	90%
18th	Yemen	4.0% of GDP	Asia	89%
19th	Burundi	3.8% of GDP	Africa	89%
20th	Brunei	3.6% of GDP	Asia	88%
21st	Morocco	3.5% of GDP	Africa	87%
22nd	United States	3.4% of GDP	North America	87%
23rd	Estonia	3.4% of GDP	Europe	86%
24th	Colombia	3.4% of GDP	North America	85%
25th	Latvia	3.3% of GDP	Europe	85%
26th	Greece	3.1% of GDP	Europe	84%
27th	Lithuania	3.1% of GDP	Europe	84%
28th	Chad	3.0% of GDP	Africa	83%
29th	Kyrgyzstan	3.0% of GDP	Asia	82%
30th	Bahrain	2.9% of GDP	Asia	82%
31st	Cuba	2.9% of GDP	North America	81%
32nd	Uzbekistan	2.9% of GDP	Asia	80%
33rd	Singapore	2.8% of GDP	Asia	80%
34th	Botswana	2.8% of GDP	Africa	79%
35th	Namibia	2.7% of GDP	Africa	78%
36th	Pakistan	2.7% of GDP	Asia	78%
37th	Timor-Leste	2.7% of GDP	Asia	77%
38th	Serbia	2.6% of GDP	Europe	77%
39th	Lebanon	2.6% of GDP	Asia	76%
40th	South Korea	2.6% of GDP	Asia	75%
41st	Central African Republic	2.5% of GDP	Africa	75%
42nd	Tunisia	2.5% of GDP	Africa	74%
43rd	Denmark	2.4% of GDP	Europe	73%
44th	Iraq	2.4% of GDP	Asia	73%
45th	Uruguay	2.3% of GDP	South America	72%
46th	Finland	2.3% of GDP	Europe	72%
47th	Romania	2.3% of GDP	Europe	71%
48th	United Kingdom	2.3% of GDP	Europe	70%
49th	India	2.3% of GDP	Asia	70%
50th	Niger	2.2% of GDP	Africa	69%
51st	Ecuador	2.2% of GDP	South America	68%
52nd	Hungary	2.2% of GDP	Europe	68%
53rd	Mauritania	2.2% of GDP	Africa	67%
54th	Bulgaria	2.1% of GDP	Europe	66%
55th	North Macedonia	2.1% of GDP	Europe	66%
56th	Norway	2.1% of GDP	Europe	65%
57th	Belarus	2.1% of GDP	Europe	65%
58th	Guinea	2.1% of GDP	Africa	64%
59th	France	2.1% of GDP	Europe	63%
60th	Albania	2.0% of GDP	Europe	63%
61st	Slovakia	2.0% of GDP	Europe	62%
62nd	Iran	2.0% of GDP	Asia	61%
63rd	Togo	2.0% of GDP	Africa	61%
64th	Sweden	2.0% of GDP	Europe	60%
65th	Mozambique	2.0% of GDP	Africa	59%
66th	South Sudan	2.0% of GDP	Africa	59%
67th	Turkey	1.9% of GDP	Europe	58%
68th	Czechia	1.9% of GDP	Europe	58%
69th	Netherlands	1.9% of GDP	Europe	57%
70th	Germany	1.9% of GDP	Europe	56%
71st	Australia	1.9% of GDP	Oceania	56%
72nd	Uganda	1.9% of GDP	Africa	55%
73rd	Georgia	1.9% of GDP	Europe	54%
74th	Tajikistan	1.8% of GDP	Asia	54%
75th	Montenegro	1.8% of GDP	Europe	53%
76th	Afghanistan	1.8% of GDP	Asia	53%
77th	Vietnam	1.8% of GDP	Asia	52%
78th	Croatia	1.8% of GDP	Europe	51%
79th	China	1.7% of GDP	Asia	51%
80th	Cyprus	1.6% of GDP	Europe	50%
81st	Italy	1.6% of GDP	Europe	49%
82nd	Somalia	1.6% of GDP	Africa	49%
83rd	Chile	1.6% of GDP	South America	48%
84th	Honduras	1.6% of GDP	North America	47%
85th	Lesotho	1.6% of GDP	Africa	47%
86th	Senegal	1.6% of GDP	Africa	46%
87th	Gabon	1.5% of GDP	Africa	46%
88th	Portugal	1.5% of GDP	Europe	45%
89th	Cambodia	1.5% of GDP	Asia	44%
90th	Eswatini	1.4% of GDP	Africa	44%
91st	Spain	1.4% of GDP	Europe	43%
92nd	Sri Lanka	1.4% of GDP	Asia	42%
93rd	Japan	1.4% of GDP	Asia	42%
94th	Bolivia	1.4% of GDP	South America	41%
95th	Zambia	1.3% of GDP	Africa	41%
96th	Philippines	1.3% of GDP	Asia	40%
97th	Canada	1.3% of GDP	North America	39%
98th	Fiji	1.3% of GDP	Oceania	39%
99th	Slovenia	1.3% of GDP	Europe	38%
100th	Belgium	1.3% of GDP	Europe	37%
101st	Jamaica	1.3% of GDP	North America	37%
102nd	Rwanda	1.2% of GDP	Africa	36%
103rd	Guinea-Bissau	1.2% of GDP	Africa	35%
104th	Congo, Democratic Republic	1.2% of GDP	Africa	35%
105th	New Zealand	1.2% of GDP	Oceania	34%
106th	El Salvador	1.2% of GDP	North America	34%
107th	Congo	1.2% of GDP	Africa	33%
108th	Seychelles	1.2% of GDP	Africa	32%
109th	Tanzania	1.2% of GDP	Africa	32%
110th	Thailand	1.1% of GDP	Asia	31%
111st	Malawi	1.0% of GDP	Africa	30%
112nd	Cameroon	1.0% of GDP	Africa	30%
113rd	Angola	1.0% of GDP	Africa	29%
114th	Austria	1.00% of GDP	Europe	28%
115th	Kenya	1.00% of GDP	Africa	28%
116th	Malaysia	0.99% of GDP	Asia	27%
117th	Equatorial Guinea	0.98% of GDP	Africa	27%
118th	Nepal	0.98% of GDP	Asia	26%
119th	Brazil	0.97% of GDP	South America	25%
120th	Luxembourg	0.96% of GDP	Europe	25%
121st	Bangladesh	0.94% of GDP	Asia	24%
122nd	Paraguay	0.93% of GDP	South America	23%
123rd	Sudan	0.93% of GDP	Africa	23%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.92% of GDP	North America	22%
125th	Peru	0.91% of GDP	South America	22%
126th	Belize	0.90% of GDP	North America	21%
127th	Mexico	0.89% of GDP	North America	20%
128th	Guyana	0.87% of GDP	North America	20%
129th	Dominican Republic	0.78% of GDP	North America	19%
130th	Indonesia	0.78% of GDP	Asia	18%
131st	Côte d'Ivoire	0.76% of GDP	Africa	18%
132nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.75% of GDP	Europe	17%
133rd	Mongolia	0.74% of GDP	Asia	16%
134th	Benin	0.72% of GDP	Africa	16%
135th	Switzerland	0.72% of GDP	Europe	15%
136th	Liberia	0.71% of GDP	Africa	15%
137th	Madagascar	0.71% of GDP	Africa	14%
138th	South Africa	0.70% of GDP	Africa	13%
139th	Egypt	0.67% of GDP	Africa	13%
140th	Ethiopia	0.65% of GDP	Africa	12%
141st	Cabo Verde	0.62% of GDP	Africa	11%
142nd	Argentina	0.62% of GDP	South America	11%
143rd	Moldova	0.60% of GDP	Europe	10%
144th	Gambia	0.57% of GDP	Africa	9%
145th	Nigeria	0.56% of GDP	Africa	9%
146th	Nicaragua	0.55% of GDP	North America	8%
147th	Venezuela	0.50% of GDP	North America	8%
148th	Sierra Leone	0.46% of GDP	Africa	7%
149th	Malta	0.45% of GDP	Europe	6%
150th	Kazakhstan	0.43% of GDP	Asia	6%
151st	Ghana	0.38% of GDP	Africa	5%
152nd	Guatemala	0.37% of GDP	North America	4%
153rd	Zimbabwe	0.35% of GDP	Africa	4%
154th	Papua New Guinea	0.31% of GDP	Oceania	3%
155th	Ireland	0.24% of GDP	Europe	3%
156th	Laos	0.19% of GDP	Asia	2%
157th	Mauritius	0.15% of GDP	Africa	1%
158th	Haiti	0.07% of GDP	North America	1%

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