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Military Spending

Military expenditure as a share of GDP. Our World in Data, 2018–2025.

Source: Our World in Data Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % of GDP Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
2.2
+0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
10
of 152 tracked
Declining
5
period over period
Stable
137
±0.5pp band

Military Spending

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.91.52.12.73.3 20182019202020212022202320242025
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇺🇦 Ukraine 39.6 +5.6pp
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 6.5 +1.4pp
🇳🇴 Norway 3.3 +1.0pp
🇩🇰 Denmark 3.3 +0.98pp
🇩🇿 Algeria 8.8 +0.86pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇲 Myanmar 0 -6.6pp
🇧🇳 Brunei 0 -3.6pp
🇸🇸 South Sudan 3.4 -3.1pp
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 3.3 -1.1pp
🇮🇱 Israel 7.8 -0.66pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Europe +0.40pp
Americas 0.00pp
Asia -0.10pp
Africa -0.10pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 44 3.2 +0.40pp
Asia 34 2.3 -0.10pp
Africa 48 1.7 -0.10pp
Americas 24 1.2 0.00pp

Military Spending — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

150 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityMilitary SpendingChange
1🇺🇦 Ukraine39.6+5.6pp
2🇩🇿 Algeria8.8+0.86pp
3🇮🇱 Israel7.8-0.66pp
4🇷🇺 Russia7.5+0.63pp
5🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia6.5+0.07pp
6🇦🇿 Azerbaijan6.5+1.4pp
7🇦🇲 Armenia6.1+0.63pp
8🇴🇲 Oman5.7+0.09pp
9🇰🇼 Kuwait4.7+0.25pp
10🇯🇴 Jordan4.6-0.19pp
11🇵🇱 Poland4.5+0.75pp
12🇲🇱 Mali3.9-0.38pp
13🇱🇻 Latvia3.6+0.31pp
14🇲🇦 Morocco3.5+0.10pp
15🇸🇸 South Sudan3.4-3.1pp
16🇪🇪 Estonia3.4+0.07pp
17🇧🇫 Burkina Faso3.3-1.1pp
18🇳🇴 Norway3.3+1.0pp
19🇩🇰 Denmark3.3+0.98pp
20🇧🇮 Burundi3.2-0.32pp
21🇨🇴 Colombia3.2-0.11pp
22🇹🇩 Chad3.2+0.21pp
23🇺🇸 United States3.1-0.31pp
24🇧🇭 Bahrain3.1+0.17pp
25🇧🇼 Botswana3.1+0.43pp
26🇱🇹 Lithuania3.1-0.06pp
27🇸🇬 Singapore3.1+0.25pp
28🇬🇷 Greece3+0.11pp
29🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan2.9-0.01pp
30🇵🇰 Pakistan2.9+0.18pp
31🇳🇦 Namibia2.8+0.02pp
32🇷🇸 Serbia2.8+0.09pp
33🇲🇷 Mauritania2.8+0.20pp
34🇰🇷 South Korea2.6+0.06pp
35🇫🇮 Finland2.6+0.39pp
36🇱🇧 Lebanon2.5+0.26pp
37🇹🇳 Tunisia2.5-0.01pp
38🇸🇪 Sweden2.5+0.48pp
39🇮🇶 Iraq2.5+0.18pp
40🇧🇾 Belarus2.4+0.42pp
41🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.4-0.09pp
42🇨🇫 Central African Republic2.3-0.27pp
43🇮🇳 India2.3+0.08pp
44🇷🇴 Romania2.3+0.11pp
45🇺🇾 Uruguay2.3+0.32pp
46🇩🇪 Germany2.3+0.43pp
47🇹🇱 East Timor2.3+0.10pp
48🇳🇱 Netherlands2.2+0.25pp
49🇻🇳 Vietnam2.2+0.35pp
50🇳🇪 Niger2.1-0.06pp
51🇪🇸 Spain2.1+0.67pp
52🇪🇨 Ecuador2.1-0.21pp
53🇹🇼 Taiwan2.1+0.19pp
54🇮🇷 Iran2.1-0.13pp
55🇭🇺 Hungary2-0.08pp
56🇦🇱 Albania2+0.05pp
57🇫🇷 France2+0.02pp
58🇬🇳 Guinea2-0.14pp
59🇸🇰 Slovakia2+0.05pp
60🇭🇷 Croatia2+0.16pp
61🇧🇪 Belgium2+0.73pp
62🇧🇬 Bulgaria2+0.08pp
63🇲🇰 North Macedonia2+0.20pp
64🇺🇬 Uganda2-0.01pp
65🇦🇺 Australia1.9+0.02pp
66🇹🇷 Turkey1.9+0.07pp
67🇮🇹 Italy1.9+0.30pp
68🇲🇪 Montenegro1.9+0.08pp
69🇲🇿 Mozambique1.9-0.25pp
70🇹🇬 Togo1.9-0.31pp
71🇨🇿 Czechia1.8-0.04pp
72🇬🇪 Georgia1.8+0.16pp
73🇨🇳 China1.7+0.06pp
74🇵🇹 Portugal1.7+0.27pp
75🇬🇦 Gabon1.7+0.13pp
76🇨🇦 Canada1.6+0.28pp
77🇱🇸 Lesotho1.6+0.02pp
78🇨🇾 Cyprus1.6+0.03pp
79🇸🇿 Eswatini1.6+0.06pp
80🇸🇳 Senegal1.6-0.41pp
81🇸🇮 Slovenia1.5+0.20pp
82🇸🇴 Somalia1.5-0.12pp
83🇨🇱 Chile1.5-0.15pp
84🇹🇯 Tajikistan1.5+0.14pp
85🇭🇳 Honduras1.5-0.02pp
86🇰🇭 Cambodia1.5-0.07pp
87🇯🇵 Japan1.4+0.12pp
88🇦🇴 Angola1.4+0.37pp
89🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo1.4+0.16pp
90🇯🇲 Jamaica1.4-0.02pp
91🇸🇻 El Salvador1.3-0.05pp
92🇫🇯 Fiji1.3+0.02pp
93🇨🇬 Congo1.3+0.08pp
94🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1.3+0.03pp
95🇵🇭 Philippines1.3+0.11pp
96🇷🇼 Rwanda1.3+0.06pp
97🇿🇲 Zambia1.3-0.07pp
98🇸🇨 Seychelles1.2-0.03pp
99🇧🇴 Bolivia1.2-0.01pp
100🇹🇿 Tanzania1.2-0.01pp
101🇲🇼 Malawi1.2+0.09pp
102🇦🇹 Austria1.1+0.11pp
103🇳🇿 New Zealand1.1-0.06pp
104🇰🇪 Kenya1.1+0.03pp
105🇨🇲 Cameroon1.1+0.06pp
106🇧🇷 Brazil1.1+0.09pp
107🇮🇩 Indonesia1+0.18pp
108🇲🇾 Malaysia10.00pp
109🇹🇭 Thailand1-0.01pp
110🇧🇿 Belize1-0.08pp
111🇬🇾 Guyana1+0.15pp
112🇳🇵 Nepal1-0.05pp
113🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.9-0.04pp
114🇳🇬 Nigeria0.9+0.35pp
115🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.90.00pp
116🇧🇯 Benin0.9+0.11pp
117🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.9-0.15pp
118🇲🇳 Mongolia0.9+0.12pp
119🇵🇾 Paraguay0.9-0.05pp
120🇱🇷 Liberia0.9+0.14pp
121🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.9+0.19pp
122🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.8-0.05pp
123🇵🇪 Peru0.8-0.07pp
124🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.8-0.01pp
125🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire0.8+0.01pp
126🇨🇭 Switzerland0.8+0.06pp
127🇲🇽 Mexico0.7-0.39pp
128🇿🇦 South Africa0.7-0.02pp
129🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7-0.03pp
130🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.7+0.04pp
131🇲🇬 Madagascar0.6-0.09pp
132🇪🇬 Egypt0.6-0.06pp
133🇬🇲 Gambia0.6-0.03pp
134🇦🇷 Argentina0.6-0.09pp
135🇲🇩 Moldova0.6-0.04pp
136🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.6+0.01pp
137🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.6+0.21pp
138🇬🇹 Guatemala0.5+0.12pp
139🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.50.00pp
140🇬🇭 Ghana0.5+0.13pp
141🇲🇹 Malta0.5+0.08pp
142🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.4+0.03pp
143🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.4-0.29pp
144🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.4+0.04pp
145🇮🇪 Ireland0.20.00pp
146🇲🇺 Mauritius0.2+0.02pp
147🇭🇹 Haiti0.1+0.04pp
148🇨🇷 Costa Rica00.00pp
149🇮🇸 Iceland00.00pp
150🇵🇦 Panama00.00pp

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