Military expenditure (% of GDP)

For 2024, Military expenditure (% of GDP) is led by Ukraine at 34.48%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Countries ranked 147
Snapshot year 2024
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0.08.617.225.934.5UkraineUkraine: 34.48%34.5IsraelIsrael: 8.78%8.8AlgeriaAlgeria: 7.97%8.0Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 7.30%7.3Russian FederationRussian Federation: 7.05%7.1MyanmarMyanmar: 6.79%6.8OmanOman: 5.59%5.6ArmeniaArmenia: 5.48%5.5AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 4.99%5.0KuwaitKuwait: 4.84%4.8JordanJordan: 4.80%4.8Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 4.68%4.7
Rank Country Value
1 Ukraine 34.48%
2 Israel 8.78%
3 Algeria 7.97%
4 Saudi Arabia 7.30%
5 Russian Federation 7.05%
6 Myanmar 6.79%
7 Oman 5.59%
8 Armenia 5.48%
9 Azerbaijan 4.99%
10 Kuwait 4.84%
11 Jordan 4.80%
12 Burkina Faso 4.68%
13 Mali 4.20%
14 Poland 4.15%
15 Burundi 3.80%
16 Brunei Darussalam 3.58%
17 Morocco 3.52%
18 United States 3.42%
19 Estonia 3.37%
20 Colombia 3.36%
21 Latvia 3.26%
22 Greece 3.13%
23 Lithuania 3.12%
24 Chad 2.98%
25 Kyrgyz Republic 2.97%
26 Bahrain 2.89%
27 Singapore 2.84%
28 Botswana 2.83%
29 Namibia 2.73%
30 Pakistan 2.67%
31 Timor-Leste 2.66%
32 Serbia 2.60%
33 Lebanon 2.59%
34 Korea, Rep. 2.56%
35 Central African Republic 2.52%
36 Tunisia 2.51%
37 Denmark 2.42%
38 Iraq 2.36%
39 Uruguay 2.31%
40 Finland 2.30%
41 Romania 2.30%
42 United Kingdom 2.28%
43 India 2.27%
44 Niger 2.24%
45 Ecuador 2.22%
46 Hungary 2.16%
47 Mauritania 2.16%
48 Bulgaria 2.15%
49 North Macedonia 2.10%
50 Norway 2.09%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Ukraine sits at the top of the Military expenditure (% of GDP) distribution in 2024 at 34.48%, with a lead of 25.70% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Somalia, Fed. Rep. at 1.59%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Haiti (0.07%), and the page currently covers 147 countries.

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