social2022

Military expenditure per military personnel

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data170 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
103,330.6constant 2022 US$
Median: 35,713.4constant 2022 US$
Countries Covered
170
with available data
Highest
Qatar
845,874.0constant 2022 US$
Lowest
Venezuela
37.9constant 2022 US$
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar845,874.0constant 2022 US$
2United States of America762,321.3constant 2022 US$
3Libya677,719.7constant 2022 US$
4Sweden638,753.9constant 2022 US$
5Australia637,627.1constant 2022 US$
By Region
Oceania513,228.0constant 2022 US$(2 countries)
North America322,208.0constant 2022 US$(4 countries)
Europe236,714.9constant 2022 US$(31 countries)
Asia141,036.1constant 2022 US$(26 countries)
South America63,934.6constant 2022 US$(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (37.9constant 2022 US$)High (845,874.0constant 2022 US$)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 103,330.6constant 2022 US$)

Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Other (91)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Qatar845,874.0constant 2022 US$
2United States of America762,321.3constant 2022 US$
3Libya677,719.7constant 2022 US$
4Sweden638,753.9constant 2022 US$
5Australia637,627.1constant 2022 US$
6United Kingdom535,686.2constant 2022 US$
7Luxembourg525,475.8constant 2022 US$
8Kuwait525,209.5constant 2022 US$
9Netherlands501,422.6constant 2022 US$
10Denmark456,774.0constant 2022 US$
11Canada449,054.9constant 2022 US$
12Norway415,256.5constant 2022 US$
13United Arab Emirates395,001.8constant 2022 US$
14New Zealand388,829.0constant 2022 US$
15Switzerland348,888.0constant 2022 US$
16Germany344,102.8constant 2022 US$
17Belgium340,566.3constant 2022 US$
18Saudi Arabia327,482.8constant 2022 US$
19France319,407.5constant 2022 US$
20Finland298,003.7constant 2022 US$
21Singapore282,351.3constant 2022 US$
22Italy256,991.1constant 2022 US$
23Japan238,964.7constant 2022 US$
24Bahrain206,366.5constant 2022 US$
25Equatorial Guinea201,428.4constant 2022 US$
26Austria197,173.7constant 2022 US$
27Poland189,478.6constant 2022 US$
28Spain184,799.1constant 2022 US$
29Ireland183,659.2constant 2022 US$
30Czech Republic181,394.3constant 2022 US$
31Oman170,488.3constant 2022 US$
32People's Republic of China166,069.7constant 2022 US$
33Israel160,349.2constant 2022 US$
34Portugal159,595.8constant 2022 US$
35Slovenia153,253.0constant 2022 US$
36Latvia150,221.0constant 2022 US$
37Estonia144,636.1constant 2022 US$
38Slovakia142,004.7constant 2022 US$
39Yemen122,402.8constant 2022 US$
40Bahamas118,215.7constant 2022 US$
41Hungary115,216.9constant 2022 US$
42Taiwan, Province of China105,301.0constant 2022 US$
43South Korea101,370.2constant 2022 US$
44Burkina Faso94,215.2constant 2022 US$
45Algeria93,642.8constant 2022 US$
46Russian Federation90,224.9constant 2022 US$
47Romania89,849.4constant 2022 US$
48Croatia89,600.8constant 2022 US$
49Chile88,366.9constant 2022 US$
50Lithuania84,040.0constant 2022 US$
51Ukraine76,139.5constant 2022 US$
52Brunei Darussalam75,691.2constant 2022 US$
53Ecuador71,321.1constant 2022 US$
54Brazil70,721.7constant 2022 US$
55Greece70,028.9constant 2022 US$
56Botswana69,083.8constant 2022 US$
57Uruguay67,626.4constant 2022 US$
58Gabon65,529.2constant 2022 US$
59India63,740.3constant 2022 US$
60Trinidad and Tobago62,892.4constant 2022 US$
61Argentina61,768.5constant 2022 US$
62Montenegro57,016.8constant 2022 US$
63Kenya55,612.9constant 2022 US$
64South Africa53,689.1constant 2022 US$
65Malta53,532.4constant 2022 US$
66Cyprus52,993.3constant 2022 US$
67Azerbaijan52,189.7constant 2022 US$
68Mexico51,570.8constant 2022 US$
69Barbados50,591.7constant 2022 US$
70Bulgaria48,043.2constant 2022 US$
71Colombia47,660.7constant 2022 US$
72Namibia45,411.6constant 2022 US$
73Jamaica45,056.2constant 2022 US$
74Türkiye44,796.6constant 2022 US$
75Serbia44,705.4constant 2022 US$
76Guinea44,203.2constant 2022 US$
77Philippines42,518.3constant 2022 US$
78Kazakhstan41,245.8constant 2022 US$
79Malaysia40,503.1constant 2022 US$
80Peru40,076.9constant 2022 US$
81Tunisia40,065.2constant 2022 US$
82Mali38,714.2constant 2022 US$
83United Republic of Tanzania37,260.9constant 2022 US$
84Uzbekistan37,111.5constant 2022 US$
85Albania36,022.5constant 2022 US$
86Kyrgyzstan35,404.2constant 2022 US$
87Senegal35,344.1constant 2022 US$
88Honduras35,211.3constant 2022 US$
89Iraq35,206.1constant 2022 US$
90Republic of the Congo34,733.6constant 2022 US$
91Guyana32,933.1constant 2022 US$
92Bangladesh32,851.5constant 2022 US$
93The Republic of North Macedonia32,192.5constant 2022 US$
94Paraguay31,754.2constant 2022 US$
95Mozambique31,131.0constant 2022 US$
96Suriname30,245.8constant 2022 US$
97Morocco29,074.9constant 2022 US$
98Indonesia28,981.9constant 2022 US$
99Papua New Guinea28,941.1constant 2022 US$
100Cote d'Ivoire28,296.0constant 2022 US$
101Nigeria27,383.7constant 2022 US$
102Belarus27,074.9constant 2022 US$
103Jordan26,815.1constant 2022 US$
104Zambia26,704.6constant 2022 US$
105Timor-Leste26,398.2constant 2022 US$
106Guatemala25,885.0constant 2022 US$
107Uganda24,923.6constant 2022 US$
108Syrian Arab Republic24,595.0constant 2022 US$
109Mauritius23,541.5constant 2022 US$
110Armenia23,523.5constant 2022 US$
111Togo22,731.7constant 2022 US$
112Lesotho21,533.2constant 2022 US$
113Thailand21,499.3constant 2022 US$
114Georgia21,014.2constant 2022 US$
115Cameroon20,808.6constant 2022 US$
116Fiji20,629.6constant 2022 US$
117Bosnia and Herzegovina19,659.5constant 2022 US$
118Pakistan19,175.3constant 2022 US$
119Ghana19,135.1constant 2022 US$
120Liberia18,626.5constant 2022 US$
121Bolivia18,579.0constant 2022 US$
122El Salvador18,355.5constant 2022 US$
123Tajikistan18,344.3constant 2022 US$
124Mauritania17,971.3constant 2022 US$
125Haiti17,461.7constant 2022 US$
126Zimbabwe16,551.6constant 2022 US$
127Turkmenistan16,484.5constant 2022 US$
128Angola15,916.0constant 2022 US$
129Dominican Republic15,755.6constant 2022 US$
130Belize15,686.1constant 2022 US$
131Islamic Republic of Iran15,668.9constant 2022 US$
132Eswatini14,901.7constant 2022 US$
133Panama14,276.6constant 2022 US$
134Vietnam13,988.0constant 2022 US$
135Mongolia13,687.5constant 2022 US$
136Cape Verde13,623.4constant 2022 US$
137Moldova, Republic of13,498.3constant 2022 US$
138South Sudan12,345.7constant 2022 US$
139Chad11,871.8constant 2022 US$
140Malawi11,698.2constant 2022 US$
141Egypt11,414.0constant 2022 US$
142Costa Rica10,689.3constant 2022 US$
143Benin10,137.9constant 2022 US$
144Somalia9,681.4constant 2022 US$
145Niger9,198.9constant 2022 US$
146Myanmar8,927.6constant 2022 US$
147Madagascar8,392.8constant 2022 US$
148Nicaragua8,388.5constant 2022 US$
149Sudan7,785.7constant 2022 US$
150Guinea-Bissau7,368.9constant 2022 US$
151Cambodia6,509.4constant 2022 US$
152Central African Republic6,457.8constant 2022 US$
153Rwanda6,120.3constant 2022 US$
154Sri Lanka6,091.1constant 2022 US$
155Comoros5,323.6constant 2022 US$
156Nepal5,152.5constant 2022 US$
157Bhutan5,022.8constant 2022 US$
158Lebanon4,812.0constant 2022 US$
159Republic of The Gambia4,456.7constant 2022 US$
160Burundi3,824.6constant 2022 US$
161Democratic Republic of the Congo3,803.8constant 2022 US$
162Afghanistan3,465.0constant 2022 US$
163Cuba3,176.1constant 2022 US$
164Sierra Leone3,075.3constant 2022 US$
165Ethiopia2,062.9constant 2022 US$
166Djibouti1,331.4constant 2022 US$
167North Korea1,223.6constant 2022 US$
168Lao People's Democratic Republic912.3constant 2022 US$
169Eritrea477.6constant 2022 US$
170Venezuela37.9constant 2022 US$
Showing 170 of 170 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).

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