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A pie chart showing global military expenditures by country for 2018, in US$ billions, according to SIPRI

Countries by military expenditures (absolute) in 2014, based on data from the World Bank

This article contains a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year. Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.[1]

Total military spending

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2019 fact sheet

The first list is based on the SIPRI fact sheet which includes a list of the world's top 15 military spenders in 2019, based on current market exchange rates.[1]

The second list is based on the 2020 edition of "The Military Balance" published by the (IISS) using average market exchange rates.[2]

Military spending by GDP

[5] Map of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country, 2017.

This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.

The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017.

None of the following analyze such potential record-breakers like North Korea, Syria, Yemen, and Libya.

As a share of GDP

As a share of government spending (2018)

As a share of goods exports (2018)

*59.8% including the costs for veterans in 2016[11]

Notes

a b c d e SIPRI estimate. ^ The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated. a b Highly uncertain data.

See also