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China vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending

China
349.48 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
88.35 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
China rank
2nd
Saudi Arabia rank
5th

Military spending over time

  • China
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

China currently reports 349.48 billion constant 2022 US$ against 88.35 billion constant 2022 US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 261.13 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes China's figure about 4.0 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 92 shared years of data; in 1932 it was China ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 5th 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.