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[[File:Military-Spend-as-a-Share-of-GDP.png|thumb|400px|Map of military spending as a percentage of [[gross domestic product|GDP]] for countries as of 2022, according to the [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]<ref name=SIPRI-2020/>]]
[[File:Global Military Spending.webp|thumb|Global military spending in 2021]]
This is a '''list of countries by military expenditure''' in a given year. [[Military budget|Military expenditure]] figures are presented in [[United States dollar]]s based on either constant or current exchange rates.<ref name=SIPRI-2020 />

==Military expenditure, total==
The first list is based on the [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] (SIPRI) fact sheet, which includes a list of the world's top 15 military spenders as of 2022, based on current market exchange rates.<ref name=SIPRI-2020 />

The second list is based on the 2022 edition of ''The Military Balance'', published by the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS) using average market exchange rates.<ref name="IISS">{{cite book | title = The Military Balance 2021| author1 = International Institute for Strategic Studies| author-link1 = International Institute for Strategic Studies| date = 25 February 2021| publisher = [[Routledge]]| location = [[London]]| isbn = 978-1032012278| ref = IISS2021}}</ref>

Some sources say that [[Russia|Russian]] and [[China|Chinese]] military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to [[captive market]]s and [[Purchasing power parity|Purchasing Price Parity]] in those countries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title=Why Russian Military Expenditure Is Much Higher Than Commonly Understood (As Is China's)|url=https://warontherocks.com/2019/12/why-russian-military-expenditure-is-much-higher-than-commonly-understood-as-is-chinas/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=War on the Rocks|language=en-US|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212212216/https://warontherocks.com/2019/12/why-russian-military-expenditure-is-much-higher-than-commonly-understood-as-is-chinas/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-03|title=Russian defense spending is much larger, and more sustainable than it seems|url=https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/03/russian-defense-spending-is-much-larger-and-more-sustainable-than-it-seems/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Defensenews|language=en-US|archive-date=11 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311105115/https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/03/russian-defense-spending-is-much-larger-and-more-sustainable-than-it-seems/}}</ref>

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| style="width:60%; text-align:center;"| '''List by the [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] ''2023 Fact Sheet'' (for 2022)''<ref name="SIPRI-2020">{{cite web |date=April 2023 |title=Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022 |url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/2304_fs_milex_2022.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]}}</ref>'' SIPRI Military Expenditure Database<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/Data%20for%20all%20countries%20from%201988%E2%80%932020%20in%20constant%20%282019%29%20USD%20%28pdf%29.pdf| title=Data for all countries from 1988–2020 in constant (2019) USD (pdf)| publisher=SIPRI| access-date=28 April 2021| archive-date=28 April 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428180002/https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/Data%20for%20all%20countries%20from%201988%E2%80%932020%20in%20constant%20(2019)%20USD%20(pdf).pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>'''
| style="width:50%; text-align:center;" | '''List by the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] ''Top 15 Defence Budgets 2021'''''<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal| url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791#| title=IISS Military Balance 2021| journal=The Military Balance| date=January 2021| volume=121| issue=1| pages=23–29| publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies| doi=10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791| s2cid=232050862| access-date=25 February 2021| archive-date=7 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007224534/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04597222.2021.1868791| url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
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! Rank !! Country !! Spending (US$ bn) !! % of [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|GDP]] !! % of global spending
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||| '''World total ''' || align=right| '''2,240''' ||align=right| '''2.2''' || align=right| 100%
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| {{0}}1 || {{flagicon|United States of America}} [[United States Armed Forces|United States]] || align=right| 877.0 || align="right" | 3.5 || align="right" | 39%
|-
| {{0}}2 || {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[People's Liberation Army|China]]<ref name="x" group="lower-alpha" /> || align=right| 292.0 || align="right" | 1.6 || align="right" | 13%
|-
| {{0}}3|| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Armed Forces|Russia]]|| align="right" | 86.4 || align="right" | 4.1 || align="right" | 3.9%
|-
| {{0}}4 || {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian Armed Forces|India]]|| align="right" | 81.4|| align="right" | 2.4 || align="right" | 3.6%
|-
| {{0}}5||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]]}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="x" /><ref group="lower-alpha" name="y" />|| align="right" | 75.0 || align="right" | 7.4 || align="right" | 3.3%
|-
| {{0}}6||{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[British Armed Forces|United Kingdom]]|| align="right" | 68.5 || align="right" | 2.2 || align="right" | 3.1%
|-
| {{0}}7 || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bundeswehr|Germany]] || align=right| 55.8 || align="right" | 1.4 || align="right" | 2.5%
|-
| {{0}}8|| {{flagicon|France}} [[French Armed Forces|France]]<ref group="lower-alpha" name="z" />|| align="right" | 53.6 || align="right" | 1.9 || align="right" | 2.4%
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| {{0}}9 || {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces|South Korea]]|| align="right" | 46.4 || align="right" | 2.7 || align="right" | 2.1%
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| 10{{0}}|| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan Self-Defense Forces|Japan]]|| align="right" | 46.0 || align="right" | 1.1 || align="right" | 2.1%
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| 11 || {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukrainian Armed Forces|Ukraine]]|| align="right" | 44.0 || align="right" | 34 || align="right" | 2.0%
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| 12 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italian Armed Forces|Italy]]|| align="right" | 33.5 || align="right" | 1.7 || align="right" | 1.5%
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| 13 || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Defence Force|Australia]]|| align="right" | 32.3 || align="right" | 1.9 || align="right" | 1.4%
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| 14 || {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canada]]|| align="right" | 26.9 || align="right" | 1.2 || align="right" | 1.2%
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| 15 || {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel]]|| align="right" | 23.4 || align="right" | 4.5 || align="right" | 1.0%
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| 16 || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spanish Armed Forces|Spain]]|| align="right" | 20.3 || align="right" | 1.5 || align="right" | 0.9%
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| 17 || {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazilian Armed Forces|Brazil]]|| align="right" | 20.2 || align="right" | 1.1 || align="right" | 0.9%
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| 18 || {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Polish Armed Forces|Poland]]<ref group="lower-alpha" name="z" />|| align="right" | 16.6|| align="right" | 2.4|| align="right" | 0.7%
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| 19 || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands Armed Forces|Netherlands]]|| align="right" | 15.6|| align="right" | 1.6|| align="right" | 0.7%
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| 20 || {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar Armed Forces|Qatar]]|| align="right" | 15.4|| align="right" | 7.0|| align="right" | 0.7%
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;2022 edition of "The Military Balance" from the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
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! Rank !! Country !! Spending (US$ bn)
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|{{0}}1|| {{flagicon|United States of America}} [[United States Armed Forces|United States]] || align=right|738.0
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|{{0}}2|| {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[People's Liberation Army|China]] || align=right|193.3
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|{{0}}3|| {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian Armed Forces|India]] || align="right" |64.1
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|{{0}}4||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[British Armed Forces|United Kingdom]]}} || align="right" |61.5
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|{{0}}5|| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Armed Forces|Russia]] || align=right|60.6
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|{{0}}6|| {{flagicon|France}} [[French Armed Forces|France]] || align=right|56.8
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|{{0}}7|| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bundeswehr|Germany]] || align=right|51.3
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|{{0}}8|| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan Self-Defense Forces|Japan]]|| align=right|49.7
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|{{0}}9|| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]] || align=right|48.5
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|10|| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces|South Korea]] || align=right|40.4
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|11|| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Defence Force|Australia]] || align="right" | 31.3
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|12|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italian Armed Forces|Italy]] || align=right|29.3
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|13|| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazilian Armed Forces|Brazil]] || align=right|22.1
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|14|| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canada]] || align="right" |20.0
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|15|| {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel]] || align="right" |19.9
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==Military expenditure, share of GDP==
This first list is a list of countries by [[Military budget|military expenditure]] share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.

The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the SIPRI for the year 2019 and from Military Balance 2017 published by [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the SIPRI for the year 2019.

===As a share of GDP===
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| style="width:50%; text-align:center;"| '''List by the [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] SIPRI Military Expenditure Database'''<ref name=":0">Excel file [https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/SIPRI-Milex-data-1949-2019.xlsx here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212100306/https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/SIPRI-Milex-data-1949-2019.xlsx |date=12 December 2020 }} | Derived from [https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex SIPRI's own webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502184705/https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex |date=2 May 2019 }}.</ref> (2019)
| style="width:50%; text-align:center;" | '''List by the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] ''Top 15 Defence Budgets 2020'''''<ref name=":1" />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country
!% of GDP
|-
|1
|{{flag|Oman}}
|''8.8%''
|-
|2
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|''8.5%''
|-
|3
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|6.0%
|-
|4
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|5.6%
|-
|5
|{{flag|Israel}}
|5.3%
|-
|6
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|4.9%
|-
|7
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|4.7%
|-
|8
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|''4.2%''
|-
|9
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|4.0%
|-
|10
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|4.0%
|-
|11
|{{flag|Russia}}
|3.9%
|-
|12
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|''3.7%''
|-
|13
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|'''3.5%*'''
|-
|14
|{{flag|USA}}
|3.4%
|-
|15
|{{flag|South Sudan}}
|3.4%
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" data-ve-attributes="{"style":"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"}"
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|- style="background:#ececec;" data-ve-attributes="{"style":"background:#ececec;"}"
! Rank !! Country !! % of GDP
|- href="Chad"
| {{0}}1 || {{flag|Oman}} || align="right" href="Mali" | 12.0
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| {{0}}2 || {{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}} || align="right" | 10.6
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| {{0}}3 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || align="right" | 10.5
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| {{0}}4 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || align="right" href="List of countries by past military expenditure" | 7.1
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| {{0}}5 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || align="right" | 7.1
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| {{0}}6 || {{flag|Algeria}} || align="right" | 6.7
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| {{0}}7 || {{flag|Iraq}} || align="right" | 5.8
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| {{0}}8 || {{flag|UAE}} || align="right" | 5.6
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| {{0}}9 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || align="right" | 5.4
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| 10 || {{flag|Morocco}} || align="right" | 5.3
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| 11 || {{flag|Israel}} || align="right" | 5.2
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| 12 || {{flag|Jordan}} || align="right" | 4.9
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| 13 || {{flag|Armenia}} || align="right" | 4.8
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| 14 || {{flag|Mali}} || align="right" | 4.5
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| 15 || {{flag|Qatar}} || align="right" | 4.4
|}
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|* Bold values with an asterisk above are highly uncertain SIPRI estimates.
Italic values are SIPRI estimates.
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==Notes==
<references group="lower-alpha">
<ref name="x">SIPRI estimate.</ref>
<ref name="y">The figures for Saudi Arabia include expenditure for public order and safety and might be slightly overestimated.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="z">The figures for France and Poland exclude expenditure for [[Gendarmerie nationale]] and [[Żandarmeria Wojskowa]]. Inclusive of the Gendarmerie militarised police forces, France's spending is circa $67.17bn and Poland $14.8bn</ref>
</references>

==See also==

* [[Arms industry]]
* [[Military budget]]
* [[Past military expenditure by country]]
* [[List of countries by military expenditure per capita]]
* [[List of countries by Global Militarization Index]]

==References==
{{reflist|45em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328072123/http://milexdata.sipri.org/ SIPRI military expenditure database] (sipri.org)

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