Maptheory
economic2024

Military expenditure in current US dollars

Compare military expenditure in current us dollars across 150 countries and territories using the World Bank's official 2024 fixed-year API slice.

Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases•150 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
current US$17,567,752,731.9
Median: current US$1,125,032,726.0
Countries Covered
150
with available data
Highest
United States of America
current US$997,309,000,000.0
Lowest
Costa Rica
current US$0.0
Top 5 Countries
1United States of Americacurrent US$997,309,000,000.0
2People's Republic of Chinacurrent US$313,658,330,217.2
3Russian Federationcurrent US$148,967,275,140.5
4Germanycurrent US$88,458,476,389.5
5Indiacurrent US$86,125,976,248.6
By Region
Key Findings
  • •Coverage: 150 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2024.
  • •Published range: 0 to 997309000000 current US$.
  • •Discovery motivation: Worldwide X and Wikipedia trends were dominated by September 11 remembrance, the Pentagon and related security topics, motivating a transparent country comparison of absolute military expenditure.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (current US$0.0)High (current US$997,309,000,000.0)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: current US$17,567,752,731.9)

About This Statistic

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)

MapTheory uses only finite 2024 observations mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric country codes. Aggregates, missing values and other years are excluded without estimation. Discovery motivation: Worldwide X and Wikipedia trends were dominated by September 11 remembrance, the Pentagon and related security topics, motivating a transparent country comparison of absolute military expenditure.

Methodology

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United States of Americacurrent US$997,309,000,000.0
2People's Republic of Chinacurrent US$313,658,330,217.2
3Russian Federationcurrent US$148,967,275,140.5
4Germanycurrent US$88,458,476,389.5
5Indiacurrent US$86,125,976,248.6
6United Kingdomcurrent US$81,763,173,069.7
7Saudi Arabiacurrent US$80,330,666,666.7
8Ukrainecurrent US$64,704,990,025.5
9Francecurrent US$64,675,015,306.2
10Japancurrent US$55,273,904,316.7
11South Koreacurrent US$47,571,318,596.7
12Israelcurrent US$46,505,298,369.3
13Polandcurrent US$38,000,728,652.4
14Italycurrent US$37,964,578,316.9
15Australiacurrent US$33,819,572,368.4
16Canadacurrent US$29,346,897,810.2
17Türkiyecurrent US$24,978,735,534.6
18Spaincurrent US$24,615,397,928.7
19Netherlandscurrent US$23,179,211,260.2
20Algeriacurrent US$21,811,242,555.0
21Brazilcurrent US$20,947,723,265.0
22Mexicocurrent US$16,726,425,452.1
23Colombiacurrent US$15,096,259,111.9
24Singaporecurrent US$15,061,025,802.2
25Swedencurrent US$12,040,289,402.8
26Indonesiacurrent US$11,042,843,809.9
27Norwaycurrent US$10,435,320,375.7
28Pakistancurrent US$10,165,952,756.2
29Denmarkcurrent US$9,958,899,778.7
30Romaniacurrent US$8,715,729,594.3
31Belgiumcurrent US$8,561,520,105.7
32Greececurrent US$8,021,963,044.5
33Islamic Republic of Irancurrent US$7,891,903,306.8
34Kuwaitcurrent US$7,792,925,565.7
35Finlandcurrent US$6,987,848,067.3
36Switzerlandcurrent US$6,722,303,543.9
37Czech Republiccurrent US$6,524,946,704.3
38Iraqcurrent US$6,178,546,529.7
39Philippinescurrent US$6,117,535,232.9
40Omancurrent US$5,988,296,488.9
41Thailandcurrent US$5,522,411,647.5
42Moroccocurrent US$5,517,924,399.2
43Austriacurrent US$5,258,693,991.8
44Chilecurrent US$5,105,441,707.3
45Myanmarcurrent US$5,011,272,415.1
46Hungarycurrent US$4,734,698,455.7
47Portugalcurrent US$4,641,618,584.6
48Malaysiacurrent US$4,312,858,466.8
49Argentinacurrent US$4,177,618,452.2
50Bangladeshcurrent US$4,034,561,892.7
51Azerbaijancurrent US$3,777,088,235.3
52New Zealandcurrent US$2,998,527,517.6
53Slovakiacurrent US$2,849,224,738.3
54South Africacurrent US$2,835,956,043.2
55Ecuadorcurrent US$2,698,000,000.0
56Lithuaniacurrent US$2,627,474,141.7
57Perucurrent US$2,565,268,613.7
58Jordancurrent US$2,560,281,690.1
59Egyptcurrent US$2,396,211,163.8
60Bulgariacurrent US$2,329,834,254.1
61Serbiacurrent US$2,322,830,101.6
62South Sudancurrent US$2,027,890,373.1
63Uruguaycurrent US$1,736,764,487.5
64Croatiacurrent US$1,629,055,602.1
65Belaruscurrent US$1,491,391,768.5
66Estoniacurrent US$1,441,919,732.8
67Latviacurrent US$1,425,694,079.4
68Armeniacurrent US$1,418,011,710.8
69Bahraincurrent US$1,383,973,404.3
70Sri Lankacurrent US$1,333,312,353.4
71Irelandcurrent US$1,330,503,579.4
72Tunisiacurrent US$1,313,683,263.2
73Kenyacurrent US$1,231,306,436.5
74Kazakhstancurrent US$1,208,967,905.9
75Nigeriacurrent US$1,133,303,623.3
76Ugandacurrent US$1,116,761,828.7
77Burkina Fasocurrent US$1,023,672,220.1
78Dominican Republiccurrent US$980,991,970.5
79Sloveniacurrent US$951,904,999.9
80Malicurrent US$929,278,520.9
81Angolacurrent US$922,050,813.9
82Ethiopiacurrent US$921,665,263.9
83United Republic of Tanzaniacurrent US$920,849,885.9
84Democratic Republic of the Congocurrent US$899,187,778.4
85Luxembourgcurrent US$871,643,141.2
86Cambodiacurrent US$720,543,532.2
87Cote d'Ivoirecurrent US$658,353,218.2
88Boliviacurrent US$655,130,126.4
89Lebanoncurrent US$635,471,571.9
90Georgiacurrent US$615,864,045.6
91Cypruscurrent US$598,185,755.6
92Hondurascurrent US$581,271,651.2
93Botswanacurrent US$567,822,651.4
94Guineacurrent US$562,455,950.5
95Brunei Darussalamcurrent US$558,608,209.0
96Chadcurrent US$557,711,240.1
97Albaniacurrent US$535,472,559.2
98Camerooncurrent US$534,852,005.3
99Senegalcurrent US$514,941,285.3
100Kyrgyzstancurrent US$473,046,660.9
101Mozambiquecurrent US$450,448,587.4
102Nigercurrent US$435,880,522.5
103Nepalcurrent US$426,517,834.5
104El Salvadorcurrent US$425,200,000.0
105Guatemalacurrent US$415,185,334.0
106Paraguaycurrent US$413,971,348.1
107Namibiacurrent US$362,392,304.3
108The Republic of North Macedoniacurrent US$353,684,980.0
109Zambiacurrent US$349,668,209.8
110Gaboncurrent US$319,095,920.7
111Ghanacurrent US$268,736,705.4
112Jamaicacurrent US$262,511,270.0
113Mauritaniacurrent US$260,059,017.3
114Tajikistancurrent US$246,393,473.0
115Trinidad and Tobagocurrent US$234,544,782.2
116Bosnia and Herzegovinacurrent US$215,974,868.5
117Somaliacurrent US$201,854,000.0
118Guyanacurrent US$201,841,558.9
119Togocurrent US$195,347,349.2
120Republic of the Congocurrent US$182,044,402.5
121Mongoliacurrent US$180,843,441.4
122Rwandacurrent US$175,924,380.6
123Burundicurrent US$171,829,784.6
124Benincurrent US$154,107,719.7
125Montenegrocurrent US$150,033,208.5
126Madagascarcurrent US$121,634,246.7
127Malawicurrent US$117,589,994.5
128Equatorial Guineacurrent US$113,135,237.6
129Moldova, Republic ofcurrent US$110,725,502.0
130Maltacurrent US$109,254,896.4
131Nicaraguacurrent US$105,264,016.3
132Zimbabwecurrent US$98,394,292.7
133Papua New Guineacurrent US$91,005,056.1
134Eswatinicurrent US$79,655,264.6
135Fijicurrent US$77,638,335.7
136Central African Republiccurrent US$71,174,969.9
137Timor-Lestecurrent US$46,400,000.0
138Sierra Leonecurrent US$36,447,048.9
139Lesothocurrent US$36,295,977.0
140Liberiacurrent US$33,825,000.0
141Belizecurrent US$30,137,800.0
142Seychellescurrent US$26,860,869.7
143Mauritiuscurrent US$23,009,853.3
144Haiticurrent US$19,751,091.3
145Cape Verdecurrent US$16,827,224.9
146Republic of The Gambiacurrent US$14,433,677.7
147Costa Ricacurrent US$0.0
148Icelandcurrent US$0.0
149Panamacurrent US$0.0
150Venezuelacurrent US$0.0
Showing 150 of 150 countries

Topics

#trending-statistics-research#daily-10#absolute military spending#ms.mil.xpnd.cd

Data Source

This data comes from SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases (2024).

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