Germany vs India: Military spending

Germany

106.73 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

India

93.25 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Germany rank

4th

India rank

5th

Military spending over time

Germany
India

How they compare

Germany currently reports 106.73 billion constant 2024 US$ against 93.25 billion constant 2024 US$ in India, a difference of 13.47 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 4th and India ranks 5th 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.