Kuwait vs Pakistan: Military spending

Kuwait

7.92 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Pakistan

11.48 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Kuwait rank

37th

Pakistan rank

34th

Military spending over time

Kuwait
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 11.48 billion constant 2024 US$ against 7.92 billion constant 2024 US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 3.56 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Pakistan ahead.

Kuwait ranks 37th and Pakistan ranks 34th 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.