Military expenditure as a share of government spending by country
Countries reporting
160
Highest
62.9
Ukraine
Lowest
0
Panama
Median
5.3
Years covered
38
1988–2025
Data points
4,946
What the numbers show
Military expenditure as a share of government spending is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 62.9 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.3, and the mean is 7.74.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 711.0%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 74.5%).
Military expenditure as a share of government spending: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 62.9 | 2025 | up 603.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Eritrea | 46.37 | 2003 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 31.96 | 2024 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 4 | Qatar | 26.87 | 2022 | up 448.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Algeria | 24.57 | 2025 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 23.53 | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 7 | Somalia | 20.8 | 2025 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 8 | Oman | 20.01 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 9 | Armenia | 19.89 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 19.83 | 2025 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 11 | South Sudan | 18.38 | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Singapore | 18.01 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 13 | Israel | 17.83 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 17.68 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 17.04 | 2014 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 16 | Lebanon | 16.63 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 17 | Chad | 15.53 | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 15.16 | 2025 | up 166.1% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 14.85 | 2025 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 14.8 | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 21 | Yemen | 14.28 | 2014 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 13.83 | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 23 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.62 | 2010 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 24 | Jordan | 13.53 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 13.21 | 2025 | up 115.1% | falling |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 12.46 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 27 | Taiwan, China | 12.36 | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 28 | Brunei Darussalam | 12.15 | 2024 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 29 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.16 | 2025 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 11.06 | 2018 | up 711.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Bahrain | 10.8 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 10.79 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritania | 10.75 | 2025 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 10.63 | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 10.28 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 36 | Kuwait | 10.09 | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 9.93 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 38 | Sudan | 9.5 | 2021 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 9.29 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 40 | Djibouti | 9.11 | 2008 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 41 | Poland | 9.02 | 2025 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 9.02 | 2025 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 43 | Botswana | 8.94 | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 44 | United States of America | 8.25 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 45 | India | 8.18 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 46 | Latvia | 8.18 | 2025 | up 194.7% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 8.15 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 48 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8.14 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.9 | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 50 | Lithuania | 7.6 | 2025 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 51 | Estonia | 7.54 | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 7.54 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 7.12 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 54 | Togo | 7.1 | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 7.09 | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 56 | Namibia | 7.01 | 2025 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 57 | Albania | 6.71 | 2025 | up 77.5% | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 6.7 | 2025 | up 115.5% | falling |
| 59 | Denmark | 6.64 | 2025 | up 224.3% | rising |
| 60 | Cameroon | 6.53 | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 6.45 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 6.44 | 2025 | up 55.5% | falling |
| 63 | Indonesia | 6.32 | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 64 | Mozambique | 6 | 2025 | up 133.3% | falling |
| 65 | Congo | 5.98 | 2025 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 66 | Greece | 5.98 | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 67 | Angola | 5.92 | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 68 | Nigeria | 5.9 | 2025 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 69 | Türkiye | 5.86 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 70 | Georgia | 5.84 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.81 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 5.71 | 2025 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 5.68 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 74 | Ecuador | 5.67 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 75 | Honduras | 5.66 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 5.65 | 2025 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 77 | Iraq | 5.53 | 2025 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 78 | Libya | 5.47 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 79 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.45 | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 80 | Philippines | 5.4 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 5.2 | 2025 | up 55.8% | falling |
| 82 | Senegal | 5.18 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 83 | Eswatini | 5.17 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 5.13 | 2025 | up 66.4% | falling |
| 85 | China | 5.12 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 5.05 | 2025 | up 129.0% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 4.97 | 2020 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 4.92 | 2025 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 89 | Australia | 4.89 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 90 | Netherlands | 4.84 | 2025 | up 96.0% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 4.82 | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 92 | Spain | 4.74 | 2025 | up 64.3% | falling |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 4.72 | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 94 | Rwanda | 4.7 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.68 | 2025 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.66 | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Kenya | 4.63 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 98 | Germany | 4.5 | 2025 | up 79.4% | falling |
| 99 | Zambia | 4.5 | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 100 | Nepal | 4.48 | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 101 | Malaysia | 4.43 | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 102 | Thailand | 4.43 | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 103 | Finland | 4.41 | 2025 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 4.39 | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 4.36 | 2025 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 106 | Paraguay | 4.31 | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Hungary | 4.29 | 2025 | up 138.7% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 4.23 | 2025 | up 87.5% | falling |
| 109 | Fiji | 4.17 | 2025 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 4.16 | 2025 | up 70.8% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 4.14 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 4.13 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 4.11 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Jamaica | 4.1 | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 4.04 | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | 3.98 | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 117 | Portugal | 3.97 | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 118 | Liberia | 3.89 | 2025 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Malawi | 3.84 | 2025 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 120 | Japan | 3.81 | 2025 | up 49.9% | flat |
| 121 | Madagascar | 3.8 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 122 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.76 | 2025 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 123 | Italy | 3.74 | 2025 | up 59.4% | falling |
| 124 | Belize | 3.69 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 125 | Canada | 3.69 | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 126 | Belgium | 3.67 | 2025 | up 117.0% | falling |
| 127 | Peru | 3.65 | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 128 | France | 3.53 | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 129 | Guatemala | 3.49 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Seychelles | 3.41 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 131 | Slovenia | 3.2 | 2025 | up 68.9% | falling |
| 132 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.18 | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 133 | Lesotho | 2.71 | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 2.66 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 135 | Mexico | 2.55 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.54 | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 2.48 | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Mongolia | 2.47 | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Egypt | 2.45 | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 140 | Ghana | 2.4 | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 141 | Timor-Leste | 2.38 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 142 | Haiti | 2.36 | 2025 | up 653.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Switzerland | 2.36 | 2025 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 144 | Cape Verde | 2.34 | 2025 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 145 | Brazil | 2.2 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 146 | South Africa | 2.19 | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 147 | Gambia | 2.19 | 2025 | down 57.5% | flat |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 2.12 | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 149 | Nicaragua | 2.05 | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 150 | Austria | 2 | 2025 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 151 | Argentina | 1.77 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 2025 | up 166.3% | falling |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 1.59 | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.56 | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 1.39 | 2025 | up 48.5% | falling |
| 156 | Malta | 1.26 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 157 | Ireland | 0.927 | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7834 | 2013 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Mauritius | 0.4478 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 160 | Panama | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |