India vs United Kingdom: Military spending

India

95.30 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

United Kingdom

84.21 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

India rank

4th

United Kingdom rank

6th

Military spending over time

India
United Kingdom

How they compare

India currently reports 95.30 billion constant 2022 US$ against 84.21 billion constant 2022 US$ in United Kingdom, a difference of 11.09 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was United Kingdom ahead.

India ranks 4th and United Kingdom ranks 6th 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.