Brazil vs Spain: Military spending

Brazil

27.35 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Spain

26.09 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Brazil rank

16th

Spain rank

18th

Military spending over time

Brazil
Spain

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 27.35 billion constant 2022 US$ against 26.09 billion constant 2022 US$ in Spain, a difference of 1.26 billion constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 202 shared years of data; in 1822 it was Spain ahead.

Brazil ranks 16th and Spain ranks 18th of 172 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Brazil
Military spending in Spain
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.