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 Laos (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 | Russia | 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 | Syria | 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 | 12.36 | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 28 | Brunei | 12.15 | 2024 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 29 | Iran | 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 | South 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 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | Turkey | 5.86 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 70 | Georgia | 5.84 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Tanzania | 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 | 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 | Cote 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 | 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 | East Timor | 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 | 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 | Laos | 0.7834 | 2013 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Mauritius | 0.4478 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 160 | Panama | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |