Economy

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Name: Military expenditure (% of GDP) by country, 2019
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158 countries · 2019

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Military expenditure (% of GDP) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Oman	8.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
2	Saudi Arabia	6.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
3	Israel	5.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
4	Jordan	4.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
5	Algeria	4.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
6	Kuwait	4.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
7	United Arab Emirates	4.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
8	Armenia	4.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
9	Pakistan	4.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
10	Iraq	4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
11	Cambodia	3.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
12	Bahrain	3.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
13	Qatar	3.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
14	Afghanistan	3.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
15	Lebanon	3.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
16	Ukraine	3.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	United States	3.2%	North America	High income
18	Mali	3.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Azerbaijan	3.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
20	Morocco	3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
21	Brunei Darussalam	3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
22	Singapore	2.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	Namibia	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Colombia	2.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Botswana	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
26	Korea, Rep.	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
27	Timor-Leste	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
28	China	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
29	Viet Nam	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Congo, Rep.	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Estonia	2.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	India	2.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
33	Myanmar	2.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
34	Mauritania	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Russian Federation	2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Taiwan	2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
37	Latvia	2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Sri Lanka	2%	South Asia	Upper middle income
39	Ecuador	2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Burkina Faso	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Lithuania	1.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Burundi	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Togo	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Kyrgyz Republic	1.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Australia	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
47	Chile	1.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
48	Tunisia	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
49	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
50	Nepal	1.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
51	United Kingdom	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Poland	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Georgia	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Romania	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Bulgaria	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Guinea-Bissau	1.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Bangladesh	1.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
59	Guinea	1.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Kenya	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Central African Republic	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Chad	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Eswatini	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Serbia	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Honduras	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Niger	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Lesotho	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Bolivia	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Greece	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Uganda	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	France	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Uruguay	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Panama	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Jamaica	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Guyana	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Thailand	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Montenegro	1.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Senegal	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Angola	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Slovak Republic	1.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Cyprus	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	New Zealand	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
83	Belize	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Croatia	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Norway	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Tanzania	1.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
88	Cote d'Ivoire	1.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Fiji	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Sudan	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Gabon	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Portugal	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Finland	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Hungary	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Belarus	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Tajikistan	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
97	North Macedonia	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Equatorial Guinea	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
99	Philippines	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
100	Czechia	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Italy	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Netherlands	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Peru	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Mongolia	1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	South Sudan	1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Brazil	1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Zambia	1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Albania	1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Rwanda	0.98%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Denmark	0.97%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Turkiye	0.94%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Germany	0.94%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Cameroon	0.94%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Slovenia	0.93%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Canada	0.92%	North America	High income
116	Zimbabwe	0.88%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Barbados	0.86%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Spain	0.85%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Paraguay	0.83%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Malaysia	0.83%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
121	Mozambique	0.81%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Sweden	0.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Ethiopia	0.79%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Costa Rica	0.78%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
125	Bahamas, The	0.78%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Belgium	0.76%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.74%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	South Africa	0.74%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
129	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.73%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Gambia, The	0.72%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
131	El Salvador	0.72%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Kazakhstan	0.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Dominican Republic	0.68%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Malawi	0.68%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Switzerland	0.63%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Japan	0.61%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Argentina	0.61%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
138	Austria	0.59%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Nicaragua	0.55%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
140	Indonesia	0.53%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
141	Madagascar	0.53%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Mauritius	0.52%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
143	Malta	0.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
144	Benin	0.48%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Guatemala	0.46%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Cabo Verde	0.45%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
147	Liberia	0.44%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Mexico	0.42%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Moldova	0.42%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Ghana	0.41%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Nigeria	0.41%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Luxembourg	0.41%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Papua New Guinea	0.38%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
154	Sierra Leone	0.37%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Ireland	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Iceland	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Haiti	0.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
158	Venezuela, RB	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

Military expenditure (% of GDP)