Spain vs Taiwan: Military spending

Spain
26.09 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Taiwan
19.60 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Spain rank
18th
Taiwan rank
20th

Military spending over time

  • Spain
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 26.09 billion constant 2022 US$ against 19.60 billion constant 2022 US$ in Taiwan, a difference of 6.49 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 18th and Taiwan ranks 20th 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.