Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) by country
Military expenditure expressed as a percentage of general government expenditure
Countries reporting
162
Highest
62.9%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.0%
Panama
Median
5.2%
Years covered
38
1988–2025
Data points
6,154
What the numbers show
Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 62.9% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.0% in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.2%, and the mean is 7.6%.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 711.0%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 82.0%).
Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 62.9% | 2025 | up 603.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Eritrea | 46.4% | 2003 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 32.0% | 2024 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 4 | Qatar | 26.9% | 2022 | up 448.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Algeria | 24.6% | 2025 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 23.5% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 7 | Somalia | 20.8% | 2025 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 8 | Oman | 20.0% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 9 | Armenia | 19.9% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 19.8% | 2025 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 11 | South Sudan | 18.4% | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Singapore | 18.0% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 13 | Israel | 17.8% | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 17.7% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 17.0% | 2014 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 16 | Lebanon | 16.6% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 17 | Chad | 15.5% | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 15.2% | 2025 | up 166.1% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 14.9% | 2025 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 14.8% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 21 | Yemen | 14.3% | 2014 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 13.8% | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 23 | Syria | 13.6% | 2010 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 24 | Jordan | 13.5% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 13.2% | 2025 | up 115.1% | falling |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 12.5% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 27 | Brunei | 12.2% | 2024 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 28 | Iran | 11.2% | 2025 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 11.1% | 2018 | up 711.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bahrain | 10.8% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 31 | South Korea | 10.8% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 10.8% | 2025 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 10.6% | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 10.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 35 | Kuwait | 10.1% | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Vietnam | 9.9% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Sudan | 9.5% | 2021 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 9.3% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 39 | Djibouti | 9.1% | 2008 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 9.0% | 2025 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 9.0% | 2025 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 42 | Botswana | 8.9% | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 43 | United States | 8.3% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 44 | India | 8.2% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 8.2% | 2025 | up 194.7% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 8.2% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.9% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 49 | Lithuania | 7.6% | 2025 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 7.5% | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 51 | Tunisia | 7.5% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 7.1% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 53 | Togo | 7.1% | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 54 | Uruguay | 7.1% | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 56 | Albania | 6.7% | 2025 | up 77.5% | flat |
| 57 | Norway | 6.7% | 2025 | up 115.5% | falling |
| 58 | Denmark | 6.6% | 2025 | up 224.3% | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 60 | Gabon | 6.4% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 61 | Serbia | 6.4% | 2025 | up 55.5% | falling |
| 62 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 63 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2025 | up 133.3% | falling |
| 64 | Congo | 6.0% | 2025 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 65 | Greece | 6.0% | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 5.9% | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 67 | Nigeria | 5.9% | 2025 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.9% | 2025 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 69 | Turkey | 5.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 70 | Georgia | 5.8% | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Tanzania | 5.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 5.7% | 2025 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 5.7% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 74 | Ecuador | 5.7% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 75 | Honduras | 5.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 5.6% | 2025 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 77 | Iraq | 5.5% | 2025 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 78 | Libya | 5.5% | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 5.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 80 | Philippines | 5.4% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 5.2% | 2025 | up 55.8% | falling |
| 82 | Senegal | 5.2% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 83 | Eswatini | 5.2% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 5.1% | 2025 | up 66.4% | falling |
| 85 | China | 5.1% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 5.0% | 2025 | up 129.0% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 5.0% | 2020 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 4.9% | 2025 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 89 | Australia | 4.9% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 90 | Netherlands | 4.8% | 2025 | up 96.0% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 4.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 92 | Kosovo | 4.8% | 2024 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 93 | Spain | 4.7% | 2025 | up 64.3% | falling |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 4.7% | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 95 | Rwanda | 4.7% | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.7% | 2025 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.7% | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 4.6% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 99 | Germany | 4.5% | 2025 | up 79.4% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | 4.5% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 101 | Nepal | 4.5% | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 102 | Malaysia | 4.4% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 4.4% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 104 | Finland | 4.4% | 2025 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 105 | El Salvador | 4.4% | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 4.4% | 2025 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 4.3% | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Hungary | 4.3% | 2025 | up 138.7% | rising |
| 109 | Czechia | 4.2% | 2025 | up 87.5% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2025 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 111 | Slovakia | 4.2% | 2025 | up 70.8% | falling |
| 112 | Croatia | 4.1% | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 4.1% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 4.1% | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 4.1% | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 116 | Cyprus | 4.0% | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Guyana | 4.0% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 4.0% | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 119 | Liberia | 3.9% | 2025 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Malawi | 3.8% | 2025 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 121 | Japan | 3.8% | 2025 | up 49.9% | flat |
| 122 | Madagascar | 3.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.8% | 2025 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 124 | Italy | 3.7% | 2025 | up 59.4% | falling |
| 125 | Belize | 3.7% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 126 | Canada | 3.7% | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 127 | Belgium | 3.7% | 2025 | up 117.0% | falling |
| 128 | Peru | 3.7% | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 129 | France | 3.5% | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 130 | Guatemala | 3.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Seychelles | 3.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 3.2% | 2025 | up 68.9% | falling |
| 133 | Bolivia | 3.2% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 134 | Lesotho | 2.7% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 135 | New Zealand | 2.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 136 | Mexico | 2.5% | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.5% | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 2.5% | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Egypt | 2.5% | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 141 | Ghana | 2.4% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 2.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 143 | Haiti | 2.4% | 2025 | up 653.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Switzerland | 2.4% | 2025 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 2.3% | 2025 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 146 | Brazil | 2.2% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 147 | South Africa | 2.2% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 148 | Gambia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 57.5% | flat |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 2.1% | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 2.0% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 151 | Austria | 2.0% | 2025 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 152 | Argentina | 1.8% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 1.8% | 2025 | up 166.3% | falling |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 1.6% | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6% | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 156 | Moldova | 1.4% | 2025 | up 48.5% | falling |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 1.3% | 2024 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 158 | Malta | 1.3% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 159 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 160 | Laos | 0.8% | 2013 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritius | 0.4% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 162 | Panama | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 20.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 18.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 18.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.0%
- IDA blend 14.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 13.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 13.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 9.6%
- Low income 8.7%
- North America 8.4%
- IDA total 8.1%
- Lower middle income 8.1%
- South Asia 8.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 8.0%
- Least developed countries 7.7%
- IDA only 7.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 7.3%
- Africa Western and Central 7.2%
- High income 7.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 6.7%
- World 6.6%
- IBRD only 6.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 6.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 6.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 6.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 6.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 6.2%
- OECD members 6.1%
- Low & middle income 5.8%
- Middle income 5.8%
- Upper middle income 5.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 5.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 5.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 5.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.1%
- European Union 4.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 4.3%
- Euro area 4.1%
About this data
Military expenditure expressed as a percentage of general government expenditure