Brazil vs Taiwan: Military spending

Brazil

23.64 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Taiwan

17.34 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Brazil rank

22nd

Taiwan rank

23rd

Military spending over time

Brazil
Taiwan

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 23.64 billion constant 2024 US$ against 17.34 billion constant 2024 US$ in Taiwan, a difference of 6.30 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 22nd and Taiwan ranks 23rd of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
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.