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Military expenditure

Name: Military expenditure by country, 2023
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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150 countries · 2023

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Military expenditure league table
#	Country	$	Region	Income
1	United States	1.09T	North America	High income
2	China	363.79B	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Russian Federation	120.87B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	India	98.01B	South Asia	Lower middle income
5	Saudi Arabia	89.23B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
6	United Kingdom	83.61B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	France	74.18B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Japan	59.51B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
9	Korea, Rep.	57.98B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Ukraine	48.36B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
11	Italy	42.95B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Australia	39.59B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Canada	32.61B	North America	High income
14	Israel	31.35B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
15	Brazil	27.32B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
16	Poland	26.73B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Spain	25.64B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Taiwan	19.11B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	Netherlands	18.42B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Turkiye	16.88B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
21	Algeria	16.58B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
22	Singapore	15.69B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	Colombia	13.02B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Mexico	12.39B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Pakistan	11.92B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
26	Indonesia	11.75B	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Norway	10.6B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Iran, Islamic Rep.	10.17B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
29	Kuwait	10.09B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Sweden	9.79B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Greece	9.41B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Belgium	8.47B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Denmark	8.46B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Thailand	7.66B	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
35	Oman	7.43B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Switzerland	7.26B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Finland	6.91B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Romania	6.57B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Morocco	6.56B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
40	Philippines	6.55B	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
41	Iraq	6.4B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
42	Chile	6.24B	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Bangladesh	5.5B	South Asia	Lower middle income
44	Czechia	5.2B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.98B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
46	Austria	4.98B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Malaysia	4.75B	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Portugal	4.69B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Hungary	4.16B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Argentina	4.15B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Nigeria	3.97B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Azerbaijan	3.77B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
53	South Africa	3.65B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
54	Peru	3.6B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	New Zealand	3.6B	East Asia & Pacific	High income
56	Myanmar	3.35B	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Ecuador	3.16B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Jordan	2.93B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
59	Slovak Republic	2.88B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Lithuania	2.17B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Bulgaria	1.94B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Angola	1.76B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Bahrain	1.74B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
64	Croatia	1.67B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Uruguay	1.64B	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Kazakhstan	1.57B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Sri Lanka	1.54B	South Asia	Upper middle income
68	Ireland	1.53B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Tunisia	1.5B	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
70	Belarus	1.42B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Kenya	1.36B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Armenia	1.26B	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Estonia	1.19B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Latvia	1.19B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Ethiopia	1.19B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Uganda	1.18B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Panama	1.03B	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Tanzania	1.03B	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Slovenia	1.01B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Dominican Republic	958.2M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Mali	841.75M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82	Cambodia	837.57M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
83	Cote d'Ivoire	834.98M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Burkina Faso	789.38M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	South Sudan	754.39M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Bolivia	690.39M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
87	Luxembourg	687.79M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Congo, Dem. Rep.	674.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Cyprus	671.06M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Botswana	643.92M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
91	Honduras	615.84M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	Costa Rica	613.9M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Cameroon	552.63M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Brunei Darussalam	550.05M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Senegal	547.13M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	Zimbabwe	545.56M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Georgia	517.8M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Nepal	509.5M	South Asia	Lower middle income
99	El Salvador	499.19M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Guatemala	497.72M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Guinea	492.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102	Paraguay	480.93M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
103	Namibia	456.22M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Kyrgyz Republic	434.1M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
105	Zambia	424.76M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Chad	423.32M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
107	Mozambique	396.42M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Congo, Rep.	363.78M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Albania	357.48M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Niger	339.34M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Gabon	339.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
112	Ghana	338.36M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Lebanon	333.69M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
114	Togo	317.76M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Trinidad and Tobago	307.45M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Mauritania	305.64M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Jamaica	288.83M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	North Macedonia	288.44M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	235.31M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Rwanda	216.31M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Equatorial Guinea	203.78M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
122	Tajikistan	172.93M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
123	Mongolia	159.01M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
124	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	151.92M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Benin	145.6M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Burundi	142.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
127	Malawi	141M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Montenegro	128.43M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Madagascar	123.59M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Malta	114.76M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
131	Papua New Guinea	112.73M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
132	Nicaragua	108.35M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
133	Guyana	108.04M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Eswatini	95.97M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Fiji	85.44M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
136	Moldova	82.02M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Iceland	70.85M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Central African Republic	64.01M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Timor-Leste	59.87M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
140	Lesotho	45.4M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Liberia	39.61M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Seychelles	39.49M	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
143	Belize	31.9M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
144	Guinea-Bissau	30.46M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Mauritius	30.13M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
146	Sierra Leone	28.51M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Gambia, The	18.07M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Haiti	16.59M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
149	Cabo Verde	15.43M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
150	Venezuela, RB	4.72M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

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