France vs Germany: Military spending

France

71.97 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Germany

62.28 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2020

France rank

7th

Germany rank

10th

Military spending over time

France
Germany

How they compare

France currently reports 71.97 billion constant 2022 US$ against 62.28 billion constant 2022 US$ in Germany, a difference of 9.69 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 195 shared years of data; in 1816 it was France ahead.

France ranks 7th and Germany ranks 10th 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: 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.