Upper middle income
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Ukraine leads Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024 at 34.48%, while Mauritius sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.15%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.08.617.225.934.5UkraineUkraine: 34.48%34.5AlgeriaAlgeria: 7.97%8.0ArmeniaArmenia: 5.48%5.5AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 4.99%5.0JordanJordan: 4.80%4.8ColombiaColombia: 3.36%3.4BotswanaBotswana: 2.83%2.8SerbiaSerbia: 2.60%2.6IraqIraq: 2.36%2.4EcuadorEcuador: 2.22%2.2North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 2.10%2.1BelarusBelarus: 2.07%2.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Ukraine 34.48%
2 Algeria 7.97%
3 Armenia 5.48%
4 Azerbaijan 4.99%
5 Jordan 4.80%
6 Colombia 3.36%
7 Botswana 2.83%
8 Serbia 2.60%
9 Iraq 2.36%
10 Ecuador 2.22%
11 North Macedonia 2.10%
12 Belarus 2.07%
13 Albania 2.04%
14 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2.01%
15 Turkiye 1.92%
16 Georgia 1.86%
17 Montenegro 1.83%
18 China 1.71%
19 Gabon 1.54%
20 Kosovo 1.48%
21 Sri Lanka 1.43%
22 Philippines 1.32%
23 Fiji 1.31%
24 Jamaica 1.27%
25 El Salvador 1.19%
26 Thailand 1.08%
27 Malaysia 0.99%
28 Equatorial Guinea 0.98%
29 Brazil 0.97%
30 Paraguay 0.93%
31 Peru 0.91%
32 Belize 0.90%
33 Mexico 0.89%
34 Dominican Republic 0.78%
35 Indonesia 0.78%
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.75%
37 Mongolia 0.74%
38 South Africa 0.70%
39 Cabo Verde 0.62%
40 Argentina 0.62%
41 Moldova 0.60%
42 Kazakhstan 0.43%
43 Guatemala 0.37%
44 Mauritius 0.15%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, Ukraine leads with a gap of 26.51% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 44 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Mauritius at 0.15%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.