France vs India: Military spending

France

71.97 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

India

95.30 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

France rank

7th

India rank

4th

Military spending over time

France
India

How they compare

India currently reports 95.30 billion constant 2022 US$ against 71.97 billion constant 2022 US$ in France, a difference of 23.33 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes India's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was France ahead.

France ranks 7th and India ranks 4th 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.