Defense Spending (% of GDP)
Overview
Defense spending as a percentage of GDP reveals how much of a nation’s economic output is devoted to military purposes. NATO members aim for 2% of GDP, while nations facing security threats often spend considerably more. This metric helps compare military commitment across economies of different sizes.
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| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 34.48% | |
| 2 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 20.87% | |
| 3 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 8.78% | |
| 4 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 7.97% | |
| 5 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 7.30% | |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 7.05% | |
| 7 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 6.79% | |
| 8 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 6.50% | |
| 9 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 5.64% | |
| 10 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 5.59% | |
| 11 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 5.48% | |
| 12 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 5.29% | |
| 13 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 4.99% | |
| 14 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 4.84% | |
| 15 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 4.80% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4.68% | |
| 17 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 4.20% | |
| 18 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 4.15% | |
| 19 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 4.06% | |
| 20 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 3.97% | |
| 21 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 3.80% | |
| 22 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 3.58% | |
| 23 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 3.52% | |
| 24 | 🇺🇸 United States | 3.42% | |
| 25 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 3.37% | |
| 26 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 3.36% | |
| 27 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 3.26% | |
| 28 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 3.13% | |
| 29 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 3.12% | |
| 30 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 2.98% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 2.97% | |
| 32 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 2.90% | |
| 33 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 2.89% | |
| 34 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 2.88% | |
| 35 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 2.87% | |
| 36 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 2.84% | |
| 37 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 2.83% | |
| 38 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 2.73% | |
| 39 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2.67% | |
| 40 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 2.66% | |
| 41 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 2.63% | |
| 42 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2.60% | |
| 43 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 2.59% | |
| 44 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2.56% | |
| 45 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 2.52% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 2.51% | |
| 47 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2.42% | |
| 48 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 2.36% | |
| 49 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 2.31% | |
| 50 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2.30% | |
| 51 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 2.30% | |
| 52 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2.28% | |
| 53 | 🇮🇳 India | 2.27% | |
| 54 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 2.24% | |
| 55 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 2.22% | |
| 56 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 2.16% | |
| 57 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 2.16% | |
| 58 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 2.15% | |
| 59 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2.10% | |
| 60 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 2.10% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2.09% | |
| 62 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 2.07% | |
| 63 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 2.05% | |
| 64 | 🇫🇷 France | 2.05% | |
| 65 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 2.04% | |
| 66 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2.01% | |
| 67 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2.00% | |
| 68 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2.00% | |
| 69 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 2.00% | |
| 70 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 1.99% | |
| 71 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 1.96% | |
| 72 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 1.92% | |
| 73 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1.92% | |
| 74 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 1.92% | |
| 75 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1.89% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1.88% | |
| 77 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 1.88% | |
| 78 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 1.86% | |
| 79 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 1.85% | |
| 80 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 1.83% | |
| 81 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.83% | |
| 82 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1.81% | |
| 83 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1.79% | |
| 84 | 🇨🇳 China | 1.71% | |
| 85 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1.65% | |
| 86 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1.61% | |
| 87 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 1.59% | |
| 88 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 1.58% | |
| 89 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1.58% | |
| 90 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 1.57% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 1.57% | |
| 92 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 1.54% | |
| 93 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1.53% | |
| 94 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 1.52% | |
| 95 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 1.44% | |
| 96 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1.43% | |
| 97 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1.43% | |
| 98 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 1.37% | |
| 99 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1.37% | |
| 100 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 1.33% | |
| 101 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1.32% | |
| 102 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.31% | |
| 103 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 1.31% | |
| 104 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1.31% | |
| 105 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1.28% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1.27% | |
| 107 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 1.25% | |
| 108 | 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic | 1.23% | |
| 109 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 1.23% | |
| 110 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 1.19% | |
| 111 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1.19% | |
| 112 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 1.19% | |
| 113 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 1.18% | |
| 114 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 1.15% | |
| 115 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1.08% | |
| 116 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 1.02% | |
| 117 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 1.01% | |
| 118 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 1.00% | |
| 119 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 1.00% | |
| 120 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1.00% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 0.99% | |
| 122 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 0.98% | |
| 123 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0.98% | |
| 124 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.97% | |
| 125 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 0.97% | |
| 126 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0.96% | |
| 127 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 0.94% | |
| 128 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 0.93% | |
| 129 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0.93% | |
| 130 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0.92% | |
| 131 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 0.91% | |
| 132 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 0.90% | |
| 133 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0.89% | |
| 134 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 0.87% | |
| 135 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 0.78% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.78% | |
| 137 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 0.76% | |
| 138 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.75% | |
| 139 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0.74% | |
| 140 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 0.72% | |
| 141 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0.72% | |
| 142 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0.71% | |
| 143 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 0.71% | |
| 144 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 0.70% | |
| 145 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.67% | |
| 146 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 0.65% | |
| 147 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 0.62% | |
| 148 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 0.62% | |
| 149 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 0.60% | |
| 150 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0.57% |
| # | Country | % GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.56% | |
| 152 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 0.55% | |
| 153 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 0.50% | |
| 154 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0.46% | |
| 155 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.45% | |
| 156 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 0.43% | |
| 157 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 0.38% | |
| 158 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 0.37% | |
| 159 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 0.35% | |
| 160 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.31% | |
| 161 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0.24% | |
| 162 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 0.19% | |
| 163 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 0.15% | |
| 164 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 0.07% |