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Country Military Budget Share of GDP Active Troops Aircrafts War Ships Submarines Aircraft Carriers Main Battle Tanks Nuclear Warheads
🇺🇸 United States $997.3B 3.4% 1328k 13043 532 77 14 6333 5244
🇷🇺 Russia $149.0B 7.0% 1154k 4290 420 83 1 12950 5889
🇨🇳 China $313.7B 1.7% 2185k 3144 546 75 3 5800 500
🇮🇳 India $86.1B 2.3% 1456k 2229 290 18 2 4665 164
🇰🇷 South Korea $47.6B 2.6% 599k 1592 155 22 2914
🇯🇵 Japan $55.3B 1.4% 247k 1443 154 25 667
🇵🇰 Pakistan $10.2B 2.7% 654k 1396 148 16 2766 170
🇹🇷 Turkey $25.0B 1.9% 425k 1098 194 18 2379
🇪🇬 Egypt $2.4B 0.7% 438k 1089 3620
🇫🇷 France $64.7B 2.0% 209k 976 135 10 1 200 290
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia $80.3B 7.3% 227k 917 34 900
🇰🇵 North Korea $1.6B 1280k 861 385 73 3500 30
🇹🇼 Taiwan $16.5B 2.1% 163k 732 95 4 565
🇮🇹 Italy $38.0B 1.6% 166k 726 313 8 2 200
🇮🇷 Iran $7.9B 2.0% 610k 640 90 6 1513
🇬🇧 United Kingdom $81.8B 2.3% 196k 631 66 10 2 227 225
🇮🇱 Israel $46.5B 8.8% 170k 611 53 9 1610 400
🇩🇿 Algeria $21.8B 8.0% 130k 602 104 6 1467
🇬🇷 Greece $8.0B 3.1% 143k 593 158 10 1328
🇩🇪 Germany $88.5B 1.9% 184k 584 81 8 236
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates $22.8B 5.6% 63k 551 86 469
🇧🇷 Brazil $20.9B 1.0% 366k 528 76 7 1 393
🇹🇭 Thailand $5.5B 1.1% 361k 497 303 1 1 410
🇵🇱 Poland $38.0B 4.2% 180k 479 46 1 637
🇪🇸 Spain $24.6B 1.4% 120k 469 78 3 1 327
🇮🇩 Indonesia $11.0B 0.8% 396k 446 333 4 79
🇨🇴 Colombia $15.1B 3.4% 293k 434 237 4
🇲🇽 Mexico $16.7B 0.9% 216k 433
🇸🇾 Syria $2.5B 4.1% 169k 414 3500
🇮🇶 Iraq $6.2B 2.4% 193k 391 393
🇨🇦 Canada $29.3B 1.3% 67k 351 67 4 82
🇦🇺 Australia $33.8B 1.9% 59k 327 41 6 59
🇺🇦 Ukraine $64.7B 34.5% 209k 322 2076
🇲🇲 Myanmar $5.0B 6.8% 406k 317 185
🇦🇴 Angola $0.9B 1.0% 107k 299 300
🇨🇱 Chile $5.1B 1.6% 77k 277 246
🇲🇦 Morocco $5.5B 3.5% 196k 260 802
🇵🇪 Peru $2.6B 0.9% 81k 253 240
🇶🇦 Qatar $15.4B 6.5% 16k 251 62
🇯🇴 Jordan $2.6B 4.8% 100k 246 556
🇻🇳 Vietnam $5.5B 1.8% 482k 246 1315
🇦🇷 Argentina $4.2B 0.6% 72k 238 231
🇸🇬 Singapore $15.1B 2.8% 51k 230 57 9 176
🇻🇪 Venezuela $0.0B 0.5% 123k 228 173
🇧🇩 Bangladesh $4.0B 0.9% 163k 215 276
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan $1.2B 0.4% 39k 198
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan $1.4B 2.9% 48k 191 340
🇵🇭 Philippines $6.1B 1.3% 143k 191
🇧🇾 Belarus $1.5B 2.1% 45k 184 542
🇾🇪 Yemen $1.7B 4.0% 40k 168
🇸🇪 Sweden $12.0B 2.0% 30k 168 319 5 120
🇳🇬 Nigeria $1.1B 0.6% 143k 167 319
🇸🇩 Sudan $0.4B 0.9% 104k 165 465
🇫🇮 Finland $7.0B 2.3% 24k 163 230 180
🇰🇪 Kenya $1.2B 1.0% 24k 154 78
🇹🇳 Tunisia $1.3B 2.5% 36k 154 84
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan $3.8B 5.0% 127k 154 439
🇨🇭 Switzerland $6.7B 0.7% 20k 146 134
🇷🇴 Romania $8.7B 2.3% 69k 142 418
🇱🇾 Libya $1.6B 5.3% 32k 141
🇿🇦 South Africa $2.8B 0.7% 65k 139 157
🇲🇾 Malaysia $4.3B 1.0% 113k 134 48
🇧🇭 Bahrain $1.4B 2.9% 8k 132 180
🇰🇼 Kuwait $7.8B 4.8% 18k 128 368
🇳🇱 Netherlands $23.2B 1.9% 35k 120 38 3 20
🇩🇰 Denmark $10.0B 2.4% 14k 111 127 38
🇷🇸 Serbia $2.3B 2.6% 28k 110 212
🇧🇪 Belgium $8.6B 1.3% 26k 108
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe $0.3B 0.3% 29k 104 40
🇪🇹 Ethiopia $0.9B 0.7% 138k 103 461
🇪🇨 Ecuador $2.7B 2.2% 40k 103
🇨🇿 Czech Republic $6.5B 1.9% 22k 99 30
🇳🇴 Norway $10.4B 2.1% 23k 97 36
🇴🇲 Oman $6.0B 5.6% 43k 94 117
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan $0.1B 2.9% 36k 91 654
🇦🇹 Austria $5.3B 1.0% 22k 85 56
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka $1.3B 1.4% 255k 84 62
🇱🇧 Lebanon $0.6B 2.6% 60k 80 334
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic $1.0B 0.8% 56k 79
🇿🇲 Zambia $0.1B 1.3% 15k 77 30
🇵🇹 Portugal $4.6B 1.5% 27k 76 37
🇦🇲 Armenia $1.4B 5.5% 45k 71 109
🇧🇬 Bulgaria $2.3B 2.1% 37k 71 90
🇭🇺 Hungary $4.7B 2.2% 28k 69 44
🇭🇷 Croatia $1.6B 1.8% 15k 67 75
🇧🇴 Bolivia $0.7B 1.4% 34k 63
🇬🇪 Georgia $0.6B 1.9% 21k 61 123
🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic $0.9B 1.2% 134k 54 174
🇸🇻 El Salvador $0.4B 1.2% 24k 52
🇺🇬 Uganda $1.1B 1.9% 45k 51 239
🇵🇾 Paraguay $0.4B 0.9% 14k 45
🇧🇼 Botswana $0.6B 2.8% 9k 45
🇲🇱 Mali $0.9B 4.2% 13k 43
🇺🇾 Uruguay $1.7B 2.3% 21k 43
🇳🇿 New Zealand $3.0B 1.2% 9k 42
🇸🇳 Senegal $0.5B 1.6% 14k 40
🇸🇮 Slovenia $1.0B 1.3% 7k 39 46
🇵🇦 Panama $0.0B 1.0% 38
🇬🇹 Guatemala $0.4B 0.4% 18k 36
🇹🇩 Chad $0.6B 3.0% 33k 35 60
🇳🇦 Namibia $0.4B 2.7% 10k 34
🇱🇦 Laos $0.0B 0.2% 29k 33 25
🇸🇰 Slovakia $2.8B 2.0% 16k 32 30
🇨🇺 Cuba $0.1B 2.9% 49k 31 900
🇦🇫 Afghanistan $0.3B 1.8% 250k 29 44
🇨🇲 Cameroon $0.5B 1.0% 25k 26
🇧🇳 Brunei $0.6B 3.6% 7k 26
🇹🇯 Tajikistan $0.2B 1.9% 9k 25 37
🇰🇭 Cambodia $0.7B 1.5% 124k 25 200
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso $1.0B 4.7% 11k 25
🇲🇷 Mauritania $0.3B 2.2% 16k 24
🇬🇦 Gabon $0.3B 1.5% 5k 24
🇳🇪 Niger $0.4B 2.2% 5k 24
🇮🇪 Ireland $1.3B 0.2% 10k 24
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina $0.2B 0.8% 10k 22
🇹🇿 Tanzania $0.9B 1.1% 27k 22 45
🇷🇼 Rwanda $0.2B 1.2% 33k 21 34
🇲🇿 Mozambique $0.5B 2.0% 11k 21 60
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea $0.1B 1.0% 1k 20
🇲🇰 North Macedonia $0.4B 2.1% 8k 20
🇸🇸 South Sudan $2.0B 2.0% 185k 20 80
🇪🇷 Eritrea $0.2B 20.9% 202k 19 270
🇬🇭 Ghana $0.3B 0.4% 16k 19
🇦🇱 Albania $0.5B 2.0% 7k 19
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast $0.7B 0.8% 27k 19
🇹🇬 Togo $0.2B 2.0% 9k 18
🇯🇲 Jamaica $0.3B 1.3% 4k 18
🇩🇯 Djibouti $0.0B 2.6% 10k 17
🇳🇮 Nicaragua $0.1B 0.6% 12k 17 147
🇳🇵 Nepal $0.4B 1.0% 97k 15
🇨🇬 Congo $0.2B 1.2% 10k 14 40
🇧🇮 Burundi $0.2B 3.8% 30k 12
🇭🇳 Honduras $0.6B 1.6% 15k 12
🇲🇪 Montenegro $0.1B 1.8% 2k 11
🇲🇼 Malawi $0.1B 1.0% 11k 10
🇱🇸 Lesotho $0.0B 1.6% 2k 9
🇲🇹 Malta $0.1B 0.5% 2k 9
🇱🇹 Lithuania $2.6B 3.1% 20k 9
🇲🇳 Mongolia $0.2B 0.7% 10k 7 420
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan $0.5B 3.0% 11k 7
🇬🇳 Guinea $0.6B 2.0% 10k 7 38
🇨🇾 Cyprus $0.6B 1.7% 15k 7 134
🇨🇫 Central African Republic $0.1B 2.5% 9k 6
🇸🇿 Eswatini $0.1B 1.4% 5
🇧🇯 Benin $0.2B 0.7% 7k 5
🇪🇪 Estonia $1.4B 3.4% 7k 5
🇲🇻 Maldives $0.0B 4
🇲🇬 Madagascar $0.1B 0.7% 14k 4
🇬🇾 Guyana $0.2B 0.9% 3k 4
🇸🇷 Suriname $0.0B 2k 3
🇧🇿 Belize $0.0B 0.9% 2k 3
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea $0.1B 0.3% 4k 3
🇲🇩 Moldova $0.1B 0.6% 5k 3
🇧🇹 Bhutan $0.0B 2
🇧🇸 Bahamas $0.0B 1k 2
🇸🇨 Seychelles $0.0B 1.2% 0k 2
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago $0.2B 0.9% 4k 2
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda $0.0B 0k 1
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone $0.0B 0.5% 8k 1
🇱🇺 Luxembourg $0.9B 1.0% 1k 1