List of countries with highest military expenditures

The first list is based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 40 military spenders as of 2025, based on current market exchange rates.^[1]

The second list is based on the 2026 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates.^[2]

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40 countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2025[1] SIPRI Military Expenditure Database[a]

List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2026 edition of "The Military Balance" from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) for the year 2025[2][a]

Rank Country Spending (US$ bn) % of GDP % of global spending 01 United States 954.0[b] 3.1 32.1 02 China 336.0 1.7 11.3 03 North Korea[3] 263.0 34 8.8 04 Russia 190.0 7.5 6.4 05 Germany 114.0 2.3 3.8 06 India 92.1 2.3 3.1 07 United Kingdom 89.0 2.4 3.0 08 Ukraine 84.1 40.0 2.8 09 Saudi Arabia 83.2 6.5 2.8 10 France[c] 68.0 2.0 2.3 11 Japan 62.2 1.4 2.1 12 Israel 48.3 7.8 1.6 13 Italy 48.1 1.9 1.6 14 South Korea 47.8 2.6 1.6 15 Poland[c] 46.8 4.5 1.6 16 Spain 40.2 2.1 1.4 17 Canada 37.5 1.6 1.3 18 Australia 35.3 1.9 1.2 19 Turkey[c] 30.0 1.9 1.0 20 Netherlands 28.9 2.2 1.0 21 Algeria 25.4 8.8 0.9 22 Brazil 23.9 1.1 0.8 23 Taiwan 18.2 2.1 0.6 24 Singapore 17.4 3.0 0.6 25 Norway 17.0 3.3 0.6 26 Sweden 16.5 2.5 0.6 27 Indonesia 15.0 1.0 0.5 28 Denmark 14.9 3.3 0.5 29 Belgium 14.5 2.0 0.5 30 Colombia 14.5 3.2 0.5 31 Mexico 13.6 0.7 0.5 32 Pakistan 11.9 2.9 0.4 33 Viet Nam 10.5 2.2 0.4 34 Romania 9.7 2.3 0.3 35 Greece 8.4 3.0 0.3 36 Kuwait 8.1 4.7 0.3 37 Finland 8.1 2.6 0.3 38 Switzerland 7.6 0.8 0.3 39 Iran 7.4 2.1 0.2 40 Czech Republic 7.1 1.8 0.2

Rank Country Spending (US$ bn) 01 United States 921.0[b] 02 North Korea[3] 263.0 03 China 251.3 04 Russia 186.2 05 Germany 107.3 06 United Kingdom 94.3 07 India 78.3 08 Saudi Arabia 72.5 09 France 70.0 010 Japan 58.9 11 Ukraine 44.4 12 South Korea 43.8 13 Italy 40.1 14 Israel 39.7 15 Australia 37.3 16 Poland 33.2

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The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years:

The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2025)[4]	List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020[5]
Rank Country % of GDP 1 Ukraine 39.56% 2 Algeria 8.83% 3 Israel 7.81% 4 Russia 7.50% 5 Saudi Arabia 6.48% 6 Azerbaijan 6.47% 7 Armenia 6.09% 8 Oman 5.68% 9 Kuwait 4.69% 10 Jordan 4.56% 11 Poland 4.50% 12 Mali 3.87% 13 Latvia 3.61% 14 Morocco 3.54% 15 South Sudan 3.42% 16 Estonia 3.37% 17 Burkina Faso 3.30% 18 Norway 3.28% 19 Denmark 3.25% 20 Burundi 3.24% 21 Colombia 3.20% 22 Chad 3.19% 23 United States 3.12% 24 Botswana 3.11% 25 Bahrain 3.11% 26 Lithuania 3.08% 27 Singapore 3.05% 28 Greece 2.99% 29 Kyrgyzstan 2.92% 30 Pakistan 2.91%	Rank Country % of GDP 01 Oman 12.0% 02 Afghanistan 10.6% 03 Lebanon 10.5% 04 Kuwait 7.1% 05 Saudi Arabia 7.1% 06 Algeria 6.7% 07 Iraq 5.8% 08 UAE 5.6% 09 Azerbaijan 5.4% 10 Morocco 5.3% 11 Israel 5.2% 12 Jordan 4.9% 13 Armenia 4.8% 14 Mali 4.5% 15 Qatar 4.4%
* Italic values are SIPRI estimates.

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