Military spending, per unit of GDP by country
Military spending divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
170
Highest
0.3455 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
Ukraine
Lowest
0 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
Venezuela
Median
0.0169 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
9,064
What the numbers show
Military spending, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.3455 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0169 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0249 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,329.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 3,153.8%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 99.6%).
Military spending, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 0.3455 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1,995.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Syria | 0.2558 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 335.4% | volatile |
| 3 | South Sudan | 0.1114 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2015 | — | rising |
| 4 | Libya | 0.0959 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 587.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Yemen | 0.0782 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0725 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Oman | 0.0721 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0697 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 9 | Algeria | 0.0654 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Israel | 0.0616 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Qatar | 0.061 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 162.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Kuwait | 0.0592 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Russia | 0.0588 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 0.052 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Jordan | 0.051 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Myanmar | 0.0495 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Armenia | 0.0491 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Eritrea | 0.0436 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.0423 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 0.0401 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 43.4% | flat |
| 21 | Burundi | 0.04 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 0.0395 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 199.6% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 0.0386 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 24 | United States | 0.0383 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahrain | 0.0378 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 26 | Brunei | 0.0375 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 27 | Namibia | 0.037 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 0.0367 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Mali | 0.0353 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 0.0337 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Botswana | 0.0329 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Poland | 0.0328 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Togo | 0.0323 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 34 | South Korea | 0.0309 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Singapore | 0.0301 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 0.0299 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 0.0291 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.029 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Estonia | 0.0287 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 40 | East Timor | 0.0275 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritania | 0.0275 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 42 | India | 0.0272 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Lithuania | 0.027 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 194.6% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 0.0258 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Latvia | 0.0257 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 0.0246 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 0.0246 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Iraq | 0.024 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Sudan | 0.0237 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Uganda | 0.0236 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0.0235 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Congo | 0.0234 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Iran | 0.0228 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Finland | 0.0228 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Guinea | 0.0227 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 44.3% | flat |
| 56 | Australia | 0.0225 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia | 0.0224 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 0.0224 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Lesotho | 0.021 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Norway | 0.0208 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Uruguay | 0.0205 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Slovakia | 0.0203 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 73.5% | falling |
| 63 | Niger | 0.0201 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 83.1% | falling |
| 64 | Cambodia | 0.0201 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Eswatini | 0.0198 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Denmark | 0.0198 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.0195 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Vietnam | 0.0195 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Hungary | 0.0193 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 105.8% | volatile |
| 70 | China | 0.0191 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Cyprus | 0.0189 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Chile | 0.0188 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.0188 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.0187 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 0.0187 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Mozambique | 0.0185 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 255.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 0.0183 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Suriname | 0.0182 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 0.0181 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 80 | Italy | 0.0178 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Gabon | 0.0177 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.0174 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.0172 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.0171 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Honduras | 0.017 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Angola | 0.0167 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Netherlands | 0.0164 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.0162 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 0.0162 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 0.0161 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Spain | 0.0161 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Fiji | 0.016 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 93 | Montenegro | 0.0158 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 94 | Germany | 0.0158 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0156 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3,153.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 0.0153 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 97 | Zambia | 0.0153 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.0152 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Albania | 0.0152 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkey | 0.0151 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Thailand | 0.0151 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Maldives | 0.0148 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Canada | 0.0148 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Czechia | 0.0148 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0.0147 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 0.0145 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Philippines | 0.0145 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0144 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Japan | 0.0142 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 110 | New Zealand | 0.0141 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovenia | 0.0141 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 112 | Bolivia | 0.0136 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Somalia | 0.0136 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Bhutan | 0.0133 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Peru | 0.0133 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Tanzania | 0.0131 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Jamaica | 0.013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium | 0.013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.013 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0129 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Nepal | 0.0129 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 122 | Brazil | 0.0125 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 0.0124 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 0.0122 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 125 | Egypt | 0.0122 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Malaysia | 0.0117 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahamas | 0.0114 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.0112 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Paraguay | 0.011 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Belize | 0.0107 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 131 | Malawi | 0.0106 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0099 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Austria | 0.0099 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.0095 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Barbados | 0.0094 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 136 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0092 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Liberia | 0.009 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Indonesia | 0.0085 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 0.0084 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Nigeria | 0.0083 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0083 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Dominican Republic | 0.0082 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Switzerland | 0.008 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Gambia | 0.0078 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Madagascar | 0.0077 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Mongolia | 0.0076 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 0.0072 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Benin | 0.0072 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 0.0069 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Argentina | 0.0069 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Mexico | 0.0067 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 0.0063 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Kazakhstan | 0.0063 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 0.0062 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 0.0058 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Comoros | 0.0055 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0.0052 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 158 | Djibouti | 0.0051 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Moldova | 0.0049 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Guatemala | 0.0047 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 0.0044 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Ghana | 0.004 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0038 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Ireland | 0.0027 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Mauritius | 0.0021 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 166 | Iceland | 0.002 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Laos | 0.0017 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Cuba | 0.0016 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.0008 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Venezuela | 0 constant 2022 US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Military spending divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Military spending ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Military spending Barnum et al. – Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Military spending divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.