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Australia vs Brazil: Military spending

Australia
38.94 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Brazil
27.35 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Australia rank
13th
Brazil rank
16th

Military spending over time

  • Australia
  • Brazil
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 38.94 billion constant 2022 US$ against 27.35 billion constant 2022 US$ in Brazil, a difference of 11.59 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Brazil ahead.

Australia ranks 13th and Brazil ranks 16th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.