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Defense Spending by Country 2026
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Country | % of GDP 2023↓ | Total Defense Spending 2023 | Defense Spending per Capita 2023 | % of Govt Spending 2023 | |
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 | Ukraine | 36.65% | 64.8B | $1,762 | 58.17% |
 | Lebanon | 8.91% | 241.3M | $45 | |
 | Algeria | 8.17% | 18.3B | $401 | 19.34% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 7.09% | 75.8B | $2,052 | 24.04% |
 | South Sudan | 6.26% | 1.1B | $97 | 8.64% |
 | Russia | 5.86% | 109.5B | $758 | 16.14% |
 | Armenia | 5.45% | 1.3B | $479 | 19.96% |
 | Oman | 5.4% | 5.9B | $1,260 | 20.66% |
 | Israel | 5.32% | 27.5B | $2,997 | 14.59% |
 | Jordan | 4.91% | 2.5B | $216 | 14.49% |
 | Kuwait | 4.9% | 7.8B | $1,799 | 9.45% |
 | Azerbaijan | 4.6% | 3.6B | $342 | 14.71% |
 | Burkina Faso | 4.01% | 826.4M | $36 | 15.11% |
 | Togo | 4.01% | 276.3M | $31 | 12.72% |
 | Poland | 3.83% | 31.6B | $772 | 8.12% |
 | Mali | 3.83% | 784.5M | $34 | 14.18% |
 | Myanmar | 3.79% | 2.5B | $46 | 20.68% |
 | Burundi | 3.66% | 147.3M | $11 | 10.23% |
 | Morocco | 3.64% | 5.2B | $137 | 11.12% |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.62% | 464.6M | $69 | 10.49% |
 | United States | 3.36% | 916B | $2,694 | 9.06% |
 | Greece | 3.23% | 7.7B | $748 | 6.57% |
 | Bahrain | 3.11% | 1.4B | $931 | 10.75% |
 | Brunei | 2.97% | 448.9M | $991 | 10.19% |
 | Chad | 2.91% | 372.4M | $20 | 15.34% |
 | Colombia | 2.87% | 10.7B | $206 | 8.31% |
 | Estonia | 2.87% | 1.2B | $899 | 6.77% |
 | Serbia | 2.85% | 2.1B | $299 | 6.42% |
 | South Korea | 2.81% | 47.9B | $926 | 11.1% |
 | Pakistan | 2.8% | 8.5B | $35 | 14.45% |
 | Namibia | 2.74% | 338.2M | $130 | 7.48% |
 | Lithuania | 2.72% | 2.2B | $795 | 6.93% |
 | Singapore | 2.66% | 13.2B | $2,195 | 18.03% |
 | Mauritania | 2.55% | 277.2M | $57 | 9.61% |
 | Botswana | 2.53% | 511.9M | $191 | 7.83% |
 | India | 2.44% | 83.6B | $59 | 8.15% |
 | Finland | 2.42% | 7.3B | $1,325 | 4.44% |
 | Tunisia | 2.36% | 1.2B | $97 | 7.05% |
 | Ecuador | 2.3% | 2.7B | $150 | 6.06% |
 | Liberia | 2.3% | 37.2M | $7 | 3.51% |
 | Central African Republic | 2.29% | 62.3M | $11 | 12.72% |
 | Latvia | 2.27% | 1B | $571 | 5.63% |
 | United Kingdom | 2.26% | 74.9B | $1,106 | 5.15% |
 | Taiwan | 2.17% | 16.6B | $694 | 13.64% |
 | Guinea | 2.13% | 504.5M | $36 | 13.82% |
 | Hungary | 2.13% | 4.4B | $429 | 4.41% |
 | Cambodia | 2.09% | 668M | $39 | 7.71% |
 | Iraq | 2.07% | 5.1B | $112 | 4.15% |
 | Niger | 2.07% | 331.6M | $12 | 10.23% |
 | Iran | 2.06% | 10.3B | $115 | 13.53% |
 | France | 2.06% | 61.3B | $947 | 3.57% |
 | Slovakia | 2.02% | 2.7B | $460 | 4.19% |
 | Republic of the Congo | 2% | 284.7M | $47 | 8.89% |
 | Uruguay | 2% | 1.6B | $465 | 6.72% |
 | Uganda | 1.98% | 976.7M | $20 | 9.58% |
 | Denmark | 1.95% | 8.1B | $1,378 | 4.1% |
 | Australia | 1.92% | 32.3B | $1,223 | 5.06% |
 | Bulgaria | 1.85% | 1.9B | $287 | 5.02% |
 | Cyprus | 1.82% | 566.9M | $450 | 4.62% |
 | Belarus | 1.8% | 1.4B | $148 | 50.59% |
 | Croatia | 1.78% | 1.4B | $359 | 3.9% |
 | Albania | 1.74% | 397.6M | $140 | 5.62% |
 | Mozambique | 1.73% | 376.4M | $11 | 5.63% |
 | Seychelles | 1.71% | 35.9M | $333 | 4.43% |
 | North Macedonia | 1.7% | 266.6M | $128 | 4.7% |
 | Georgia | 1.68% | 504.6M | $135 | 5.54% |
 | China | 1.67% | 296.4B | $208 | 4.97% |
 | Sri Lanka | 1.64% | 1.2B | $53 | 7.02% |
 | Chile | 1.63% | 5.5B | $280 | 6.06% |
 | Montenegro | 1.63% | 114.5M | $183 | 3.74% |
 | Italy | 1.61% | 35.5B | $604 | 3.04% |
 | Romania | 1.61% | 5.6B | $282 | 4.37% |
 | Norway | 1.61% | 8.7B | $1,584 | 4% |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.59% | 162M | $95 | 7.53% |
 | Honduras | 1.57% | 539.8M | $51 | 5.86% |
 | Eswatini | 1.57% | 67.8M | $56 | 4.72% |
 | Lesotho | 1.54% | 34M | $15 | 2.73% |
 | Netherlands | 1.53% | 16.6B | $944 | 3.39% |
 | Germany | 1.52% | 66.8B | $802 | 3.08% |
 | Czechia | 1.52% | 5.1B | $482 | 3.3% |
 | Portugal | 1.52% | 4.2B | $412 | 3.44% |
 | Spain | 1.51% | 23.7B | $499 | 3.21% |
 | Turkey | 1.5% | 15.8B | ||
 | Senegal | 1.47% | 448.6M | $25 | 5.5% |
 | Sweden | 1.47% | 8.8B | $825 | 3.06% |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.46% | 25.3M | $12 | 6.41% |
 | Bolivia | 1.39% | 644.3M | $52 | 4.2% |
 | Slovenia | 1.34% | 907.5M | $428 | 2.83% |
 | Angola | 1.33% | 1.3B | $35 | 5.53% |
 | Fiji | 1.32% | 72.5M | $77 | 4.77% |
 | Zambia | 1.3% | 377.2M | $18 | 4.69% |
 | Canada | 1.29% | 27.2B | $702 | 3.12% |
 | El Salvador | 1.28% | 453.7M | $71 | 4.66% |
 | Rwanda | 1.27% | 178.6M | $13 | 4.55% |
 | Timor-Leste | 1.26% | 55.1M | $41 | 3.21% |
 | Philippines | 1.25% | 5.5B | $47 | 5.02% |
 | Tajikistan | 1.22% | 139.5M | $14 | 3.78% |
 | New Zealand | 1.22% | 3B | $579 | 2.91% |
 | Jamaica | 1.22% | 230.6M | $82 | 4.06% |
 | Belgium | 1.21% | 7.6B | $653 | 2.22% |
 | Japan | 1.2% | 50.2B | $407 | 2.82% |
 | Thailand | 1.17% | 5.8B | $80 | 4.92% |
 | DR Congo | 1.16% | 794.2M | $8 | 6.96% |
 | Tanzania | 1.15% | 905.1M | $13 | 6.03% |
 | Gabon | 1.15% | 265.1M | $109 | 7.27% |
 | Peru | 1.12% | 3B | $87 | 4.92% |
 | Brazil | 1.08% | 22.9B | $106 | 2.24% |
 | Nepal | 1.08% | 418.9M | $14 | 4.08% |
 | Bangladesh | 1.02% | 4.2B | $24 | 8.04% |
 | Malawi | 1.01% | 135.3M | $7 | 3.96% |
 | Malaysia | 0.93% | 3.9B | $114 | 4.11% |
 | Cameroon | 0.93% | 456.1M | $16 | 5.63% |
 | Kenya | 0.91% | 1B | $18 | 4.11% |
 | Paraguay | 0.91% | 397.9M | $58 | 3.79% |
 | Ivory Coast | 0.89% | 681.5M | $24 | 3.97% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.89% | 240.7M | $157 | 2.82% |
 | Egypt | 0.87% | 3.2B | $28 | 4.15% |
 | Austria | 0.84% | 4.4B | $492 | 1.63% |
 | Belize | 0.82% | 26.5M | $64 | 3.58% |
 | Nigeria | 0.81% | 3.2B | $14 | 5.52% |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.81% | 216.7M | $68 | 1.93% |
 | Ethiopia | 0.79% | 1.2B | $10 | 7.54% |
 | Luxembourg | 0.75% | 662.5M | $1,011 | 1.62% |
 | Dominican Republic | 0.74% | 893.2M | $79 | 3.92% |
 | South Africa | 0.73% | 2.8B | $46 | 2.21% |
 | Benin | 0.71% | 140.8M | $10 | 3.75% |
 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 6.3B | $715 | 2.2% |
 | Indonesia | 0.68% | 9.5B | $34 | 3.92% |
 | Mexico | 0.66% | 11.8B | $92 | 2.37% |
 | Madagascar | 0.66% | 102.1M | $3 | 3.45% |
 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 147.8M | $43 | 1.73% |
 | Guyana | 0.59% | 96.2M | $118 | 2.33% |
 | Gambia | 0.58% | 13.8M | $5 | 2.64% |
 | Sierra Leone | 0.56% | 22.4M | $3 | 2.35% |
 | Malta | 0.56% | 112.6M | $211 | 1.38% |
 | Nicaragua | 0.55% | 94.4M | $13 | 2.02% |
 | Moldova | 0.55% | 93.4M | $27 | 1.4% |
 | Cape Verde | 0.53% | 13.2M | $22 | 1.74% |
 | Venezuela | 0.5% | 3.9M | $0 | |
 | Kazakhstan | 0.48% | 1.2B | $63 | 2.1% |
 | Argentina | 0.47% | 3.1B | $68 | 1.25% |
 | Guatemala | 0.41% | 422.3M | $23 | 2.98% |
 | Ghana | 0.39% | 285.4M | $8 | 1.92% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 0.31% | 97M | $9 | 1.42% |
 | Zimbabwe | 0.25% | 870.4M | $52 | 1.38% |
 | Ireland | 0.22% | 1.3B | $251 | 1.02% |
 | Mauritius | 0.15% | 22.5M | $17 | 0.52% |
 | Haiti | 0.05% | 11.7M | $1 | 0.67% |
 | Somalia | 143.5M | $8 | 19.79% |
- Monetary values are expressed in Current US$
- Defense spending is defined as money spent by a government to provide its military with weapons, equipment, and soldiers
National security is the security of a nation-state, regarded as a duty of government. It includes the nation’s citizens, economy, and institutions. National security is a vital priority in several countries worldwide and requires a large budget to be built and maintained. Only 36 countries worldwide do not have a military.
National security requires defense and military spending. In the United States, this includes all regular activities of the Department of Defense, war spending, nuclear weapons spending, international military assistance, and other Pentagon-related spending.
The total world military expenditure was about $2.24 trillion in 2022.
The United States spends the most on defense and more than the next seven countries combined. The United States spent over $811 billion on defense in 2022, more than the next seven countries (China, India, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UK, Germany, and France) put together. National security in the US is the third most expensive government program behind Social Security and Medicare. Historically, the United States has consistently spent more on defense than any other G-7 nation. The U.S. also has the third-largest military worldwide with 1.358 million active members, only behind China and India with 2.035 million and 1.476 million, respectively.
China is the second-largest defense spender in the world, having spent $298 billion in 2022. This is less than half of what the United States spent. China’s defense spending has increased every year for the past 24 years and was 10 times higher in 2018 than in 1994.
France, the eighth-largest defense spender, has mandatory military service for up to one year. Additionally, Russia requires one year of military service, and South Korea requires military service longer than 18 months.
