Defense Budget (% of Government Spending)
Overview
Defense spending as a share of total government expenditure shows the priority a government places on military capabilities versus other public services. Countries under active security threats or engaged in conflicts tend to allocate a larger portion of their budgets to defense, sometimes at the expense of education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
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| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 54.01% | |
| 2 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 50.66% | |
| 3 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 46.37% | |
| 4 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 29.10% | |
| 5 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 26.88% | |
| 6 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 22.31% | |
| 7 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 21.57% | |
| 8 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 21.38% | |
| 9 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 20.13% | |
| 10 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 20.13% | |
| 11 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 19.99% | |
| 12 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 18.90% | |
| 13 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 18.33% | |
| 14 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 17.22% | |
| 15 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 17.04% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 17.00% | |
| 17 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 16.65% | |
| 18 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 15.23% | |
| 19 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 14.96% | |
| 20 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 14.35% | |
| 21 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 14.28% | |
| 22 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 14.12% | |
| 23 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 13.83% | |
| 24 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 13.79% | |
| 25 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 13.62% | |
| 26 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 12.79% | |
| 27 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 12.55% | |
| 28 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 12.50% | |
| 29 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 12.07% | |
| 30 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 12.06% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 11.32% | |
| 32 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 11.06% | |
| 33 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 10.67% | |
| 34 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 10.27% | |
| 35 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 10.22% | |
| 36 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 10.12% | |
| 37 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 10.08% | |
| 38 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 9.68% | |
| 39 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 9.62% | |
| 40 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 9.50% | |
| 41 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 9.11% | |
| 42 | 🇺🇸 United States | 9.11% | |
| 43 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 8.91% | |
| 44 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 8.82% | |
| 45 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 8.79% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 8.47% | |
| 47 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 8.40% | |
| 48 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 8.38% | |
| 49 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 8.23% | |
| 50 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 8.02% | |
| 51 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 7.92% | |
| 52 | 🇮🇳 India | 7.63% | |
| 53 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 7.51% | |
| 54 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 7.49% | |
| 55 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 7.27% | |
| 56 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 7.25% | |
| 57 | 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic | 7.14% | |
| 58 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 7.13% | |
| 59 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 6.91% | |
| 60 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 6.90% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 6.78% | |
| 62 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 6.61% | |
| 63 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 6.58% | |
| 64 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 6.57% | |
| 65 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 6.22% | |
| 66 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 6.13% | |
| 67 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 6.12% | |
| 68 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 6.10% | |
| 69 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 6.07% | |
| 70 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 6.05% | |
| 71 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 5.85% | |
| 72 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 5.84% | |
| 73 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 5.83% | |
| 74 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 5.76% | |
| 75 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 5.55% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 5.49% | |
| 77 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 5.47% | |
| 78 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 5.47% | |
| 79 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 5.44% | |
| 80 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 5.43% | |
| 81 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 5.39% | |
| 82 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 5.25% | |
| 83 | 🇨🇳 China | 5.06% | |
| 84 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 5.06% | |
| 85 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 4.96% | |
| 86 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 4.92% | |
| 87 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 4.87% | |
| 88 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 4.82% | |
| 89 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 4.75% | |
| 90 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 4.72% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 4.60% | |
| 92 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 4.54% | |
| 93 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 4.53% | |
| 94 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 4.52% | |
| 95 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 4.47% | |
| 96 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 4.43% | |
| 97 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 4.43% | |
| 98 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 4.34% | |
| 99 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 4.32% | |
| 100 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 4.30% | |
| 101 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 4.26% | |
| 102 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 4.24% | |
| 103 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 4.24% | |
| 104 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 4.21% | |
| 105 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 4.19% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 4.12% | |
| 107 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 4.11% | |
| 108 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 4.07% | |
| 109 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 4.06% | |
| 110 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 4.05% | |
| 111 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 4.04% | |
| 112 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 3.93% | |
| 113 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 3.83% | |
| 114 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 3.80% | |
| 115 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 3.80% | |
| 116 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 3.77% | |
| 117 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 3.76% | |
| 118 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 3.67% | |
| 119 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 3.67% | |
| 120 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 3.66% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 🇫🇷 France | 3.59% | |
| 122 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 3.57% | |
| 123 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 3.50% | |
| 124 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 3.36% | |
| 125 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 3.25% | |
| 126 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 3.20% | |
| 127 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 3.20% | |
| 128 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 3.18% | |
| 129 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 3.08% | |
| 130 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 3.07% | |
| 131 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2.97% | |
| 132 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 2.93% | |
| 133 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 2.82% | |
| 134 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 2.74% | |
| 135 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 2.73% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 2.72% | |
| 137 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 2.64% | |
| 138 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2.53% | |
| 139 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 2.50% | |
| 140 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2.36% | |
| 141 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 2.27% | |
| 142 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 2.11% | |
| 143 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2.10% | |
| 144 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 2.05% | |
| 145 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.01% | |
| 146 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 1.99% | |
| 147 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 1.94% | |
| 148 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1.93% | |
| 149 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 1.90% | |
| 150 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 1.85% |
| # | Country | % Govt Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1.76% | |
| 152 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.73% | |
| 153 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 1.63% | |
| 154 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 1.60% | |
| 155 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1.32% | |
| 156 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 1.29% | |
| 157 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 1.28% | |
| 158 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1.00% | |
| 159 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 0.78% | |
| 160 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 0.48% |