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Military share of state spending around the world

Military share of state spending, 2025: highest in Ukraine, at 62.9% of government spending, and lowest in Panama, at 0% of government spending, of 150 countries with a value.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending around the worldMilitary share of state spending, 2025: highest in Ukraine, at 62.9% of government spending, and lowest in Panama, at 0% of government spending, of 150 countries with a value.
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% of government spending · SIPRI

#CountryLatestYear
1Ukraine62.92025
2Eritrea46.42003
3Myanmar (Burma)322024
4Qatar26.92022
5Algeria24.62025
6Saudi Arabia23.52025
7Somalia20.82025
8Oman202025
9Armenia19.92025
10Russia19.82025
11South Sudan18.42025
12Singapore182025
13Israel17.82025
14Azerbaijan17.72025
15United Arab Emirates172014
16Lebanon16.62025
17Chad15.52025
18Niger15.22025
19Turkmenistan151999
20Burundi14.92025
21Mali14.82025
22Yemen14.32014
23Pakistan13.82025
24Syria13.62010
25Jordan13.52025
26Burkina Faso13.22025
27Central African Republic12.52025
28Taiwan12.42025
29Brunei12.22024
30Iran11.22025
31Uzbekistan11.12018
32Bahrain10.82025
33South Korea10.82025
34Mauritania10.82025
35Guinea10.62025
36Morocco10.32025
37Kuwait10.12025
38Vietnam9.92025
39Sudan9.52021
40Colombia9.32025
41Djibouti9.12008
42Poland92025
43Uganda92025
44Botswana8.92025
45United States8.32025
46India8.22025
47Latvia8.22025
48Cambodia8.22025
49Congo - Kinshasa8.12025
50Kyrgyzstan7.92025
51Lithuania7.62025
52Estonia7.52025
53Tunisia7.52025
54Bangladesh7.12025
55Togo7.12025
56Uruguay7.12025
57Namibia72025
58Albania6.72025
59Norway6.72025
60Denmark6.62025
61Cameroon6.52025
62Gabon6.52025
63Serbia6.42025
64Indonesia6.32025
65Mozambique62025
66Congo - Brazzaville62025
67Greece62025
68Angola5.92025
69Nigeria5.92025
70Kosovo5.92025
71Türkiye5.92025
72Georgia5.82025
73Tanzania5.82025
74Belarus5.72025
75Chile5.72025
76Ecuador5.72025
77Honduras5.72025
78Romania5.62025
79Iraq5.52025
80Libya5.52023
81United Kingdom5.42025
82Philippines5.42025
83Zimbabwe5.32005
84Bulgaria5.22025
85Senegal5.22025
86Eswatini5.22025
87North Macedonia5.12025
88China5.12025
89Sweden52025
90Afghanistan52020
91Sri Lanka4.92025
92Australia4.92025
93Netherlands4.82025
94Benin4.82025
95Spain4.72025
96Tajikistan4.72025
97Rwanda4.72025
98Equatorial Guinea4.72025
99Guinea-Bissau4.72025
100Kenya4.62025
101Germany4.52025
102Zambia4.52025
103Nepal4.52025
104Malaysia4.42025
105Thailand4.42025
106Finland4.42025
107El Salvador4.42025
108Montenegro4.42025
109Paraguay4.32025
110Hungary4.32025
111Czechia4.22025
112Fiji4.22025
113Slovakia4.22025
114Croatia4.12025
115Dominican Republic4.12025
116Ethiopia4.12025
117Jamaica4.12025
118Cyprus42025
119Guyana42025
120Portugal42025
121Liberia3.92025
122Malawi3.82025
123Japan3.82025
124Madagascar3.82025
125Côte d’Ivoire3.82025
126Italy3.72025
127Belize3.72025
128Canada3.72025
129Belgium3.72025
130Peru3.72025
131France3.52025
132Guatemala3.52025
133Seychelles3.42025
134Slovenia3.22025
135Bolivia3.22025
136Lesotho2.72025
137New Zealand2.72025
138Mexico2.52025
139Trinidad & Tobago2.52025
140Sierra Leone2.52025
141Mongolia2.52025
142Egypt2.52025
143Ghana2.42025
144Timor-Leste2.42025
145Haiti2.42025
146Switzerland2.42025
147Cape Verde2.32025
148Brazil2.22025
149South Africa2.22025
150Gambia2.22025
151Kazakhstan2.12025
152Nicaragua2.12025
153Austria22025
154Argentina1.82025
155Luxembourg1.82025
156Papua New Guinea1.62025
157Bosnia & Herzegovina1.62025
158Moldova1.42025
159Malta1.32025
160Ireland0.92025
161Laos0.82013
162Mauritius0.42025
163Iceland02025
164Costa Rica02025
165Panama02025

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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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