social2024

Military expenditure (current USD)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
16,197,699,542.3USD current
Median: 1,125,032,726.0USD current
Countries Covered
166
with available data
Highest
United States of America
997,309,000,000.0USD current
Lowest
Venezuela
0.0USD current
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America997,309,000,000.0USD current
2People's Republic of China313,658,330,217.2USD current
3Russian Federation148,967,275,140.5USD current
4Germany88,458,476,389.5USD current
5India86,125,976,248.6USD current
By Region
North America260,949,377,149.1USD current(4 countries)
Asia30,359,373,358.7USD current(25 countries)
Oceania18,409,049,943.0USD current(2 countries)
Europe16,698,239,772.6USD current(32 countries)
South America7,475,296,519.7USD current(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0USD current)High (997,309,000,000.0USD current)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16,197,699,542.3USD current)

North America (4)
Asia (25)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (87)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1United States of America997,309,000,000.0USD current
2People's Republic of China313,658,330,217.2USD current
3Russian Federation148,967,275,140.5USD current
4Germany88,458,476,389.5USD current
5India86,125,976,248.6USD current
6United Kingdom81,763,173,069.7USD current
7Saudi Arabia80,330,666,666.7USD current
8Ukraine64,704,990,025.5USD current
9France64,675,015,306.2USD current
10Japan55,273,904,316.7USD current
11South Korea47,571,318,596.7USD current
12Israel46,505,298,369.3USD current
13Poland38,000,728,652.4USD current
14Italy37,964,578,316.9USD current
15Australia33,819,572,368.4USD current
16Canada29,346,897,810.2USD current
17Türkiye24,978,735,534.6USD current
18Spain24,615,397,928.7USD current
19Netherlands23,179,211,260.2USD current
20United Arab Emirates22,755,071,477.2USD current
21Algeria21,811,242,555.0USD current
22Brazil20,947,723,265.0USD current
23Mexico16,726,425,452.1USD current
24Qatar15,412,087,912.1USD current
25Colombia15,096,259,111.9USD current
26Singapore15,061,025,802.2USD current
27Sweden12,040,289,402.8USD current
28Indonesia11,042,843,809.9USD current
29Norway10,435,320,375.7USD current
30Pakistan10,165,952,756.2USD current
31Denmark9,958,899,778.7USD current
32Romania8,715,729,594.3USD current
33Belgium8,561,520,105.7USD current
34Greece8,021,963,044.5USD current
35Islamic Republic of Iran7,891,903,306.8USD current
36Kuwait7,792,925,565.7USD current
37Finland6,987,848,067.3USD current
38Switzerland6,722,303,543.9USD current
39Czech Republic6,524,946,704.3USD current
40Iraq6,178,546,529.7USD current
41Philippines6,117,535,232.9USD current
42Oman5,988,296,488.9USD current
43Thailand5,522,411,647.5USD current
44Morocco5,517,924,399.2USD current
45Vietnam5,500,000,000.0USD current
46Austria5,258,693,991.8USD current
47Chile5,105,441,707.3USD current
48Myanmar5,011,272,415.1USD current
49Hungary4,734,698,455.7USD current
50Portugal4,641,618,584.6USD current
51Malaysia4,312,858,466.8USD current
52Argentina4,177,618,452.2USD current
53Bangladesh4,034,561,892.7USD current
54Azerbaijan3,777,088,235.3USD current
55New Zealand2,998,527,517.6USD current
56Slovakia2,849,224,738.3USD current
57South Africa2,835,956,043.2USD current
58Ecuador2,698,000,000.0USD current
59Lithuania2,627,474,141.7USD current
60Peru2,565,268,613.7USD current
61Jordan2,560,281,690.1USD current
62Syrian Arab Republic2,494,887,483.1USD current
63Egypt2,396,211,163.8USD current
64Bulgaria2,329,834,254.1USD current
65Serbia2,322,830,101.6USD current
66South Sudan2,027,890,373.1USD current
67Uruguay1,736,764,487.5USD current
68Yemen1,714,830,843.7USD current
69Croatia1,629,055,602.1USD current
70North Korea1,604,444,444.4USD current
71Libya1,573,682,777.3USD current
72Belarus1,491,391,768.5USD current
73Estonia1,441,919,732.8USD current
74Uzbekistan1,440,385,072.2USD current
75Latvia1,425,694,079.4USD current
76Armenia1,418,011,710.8USD current
77Bahrain1,383,973,404.3USD current
78Sri Lanka1,333,312,353.4USD current
79Ireland1,330,503,579.4USD current
80Tunisia1,313,683,263.2USD current
81Kenya1,231,306,436.5USD current
82Kazakhstan1,208,967,905.9USD current
83Nigeria1,133,303,623.3USD current
84Uganda1,116,761,828.7USD current
85Burkina Faso1,023,672,220.1USD current
86Dominican Republic980,991,970.5USD current
87Slovenia951,904,999.9USD current
88Mali929,278,520.9USD current
89Angola922,050,813.9USD current
90Ethiopia921,665,263.9USD current
91United Republic of Tanzania920,849,885.9USD current
92Democratic Republic of the Congo899,187,778.4USD current
93Luxembourg871,643,141.2USD current
94Cambodia720,543,532.2USD current
95Cote d'Ivoire658,353,218.2USD current
96Bolivia655,130,126.4USD current
97Lebanon635,471,571.9USD current
98Georgia615,864,045.6USD current
99Cyprus598,185,755.6USD current
100Honduras581,271,651.2USD current
101Botswana567,822,651.4USD current
102Guinea562,455,950.5USD current
103Brunei Darussalam558,608,209.0USD current
104Chad557,711,240.1USD current
105Albania535,472,559.2USD current
106Cameroon534,852,005.3USD current
107Senegal514,941,285.3USD current
108Kyrgyzstan473,046,660.9USD current
109Mozambique450,448,587.4USD current
110Niger435,880,522.5USD current
111Nepal426,517,834.5USD current
112El Salvador425,200,000.0USD current
113Guatemala415,185,334.0USD current
114Paraguay413,971,348.1USD current
115Sudan375,212,619.4USD current
116Namibia362,392,304.3USD current
117The Republic of North Macedonia353,684,980.0USD current
118Zambia349,668,209.8USD current
119Gabon319,095,920.7USD current
120Afghanistan278,250,788.0USD current
121Ghana268,736,705.4USD current
122Jamaica262,511,270.0USD current
123Mauritania260,059,017.3USD current
124Tajikistan246,393,473.0USD current
125Trinidad and Tobago234,544,782.2USD current
126Bosnia and Herzegovina215,974,868.5USD current
127Somalia201,854,000.0USD current
128Guyana201,841,558.9USD current
129Togo195,347,349.2USD current
130Republic of the Congo182,044,402.5USD current
131Eritrea181,583,669.0USD current
132Mongolia180,843,441.4USD current
133Rwanda175,924,380.6USD current
134Burundi171,829,784.6USD current
135Benin154,107,719.7USD current
136Montenegro150,033,208.5USD current
137Cuba128,609,127.0USD current
138Madagascar121,634,246.7USD current
139Malawi117,589,994.5USD current
140Equatorial Guinea113,135,237.6USD current
141Turkmenistan111,923,076.9USD current
142Moldova, Republic of110,725,502.0USD current
143Malta109,254,896.4USD current
144Nicaragua105,264,016.3USD current
145Zimbabwe98,394,292.7USD current
146Papua New Guinea91,005,056.1USD current
147Eswatini79,655,264.6USD current
148Fiji77,638,335.7USD current
149Central African Republic71,174,969.9USD current
150Timor-Leste46,400,000.0USD current
151Sierra Leone36,447,048.9USD current
152Lesotho36,295,977.0USD current
153Djibouti36,274,835.3USD current
154Liberia33,825,000.0USD current
155Belize30,137,800.0USD current
156Seychelles26,860,869.7USD current
157Guinea-Bissau25,292,392.2USD current
158Mauritius23,009,853.3USD current
159Lao People's Democratic Republic22,677,713.1USD current
160Haiti19,751,091.3USD current
161Cape Verde16,827,224.9USD current
162Republic of The Gambia14,433,677.7USD current
163Costa Rica0.0USD current
164Iceland0.0USD current
165Panama0.0USD current
166Venezuela0.0USD current
Showing 166 of 166 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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