Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending

Spain

26.09 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

24.89 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2020

Spain rank

18th

United Arab Emirates rank

19th

Military spending over time

Spain
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Spain currently reports 26.09 billion constant 2022 US$ against 24.89 billion constant 2022 US$ in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 1.21 billion constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 18th and United Arab Emirates ranks 19th 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.