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Which Country Spends the Most of GDP on Military?

Military Expenditure (As % of GDP) (%), 2022 or latest
Military & Defense | October 23, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 151 countries in 2022, Ukraine ranked the highest in military expenditure as a share of GDP with 33.5% followed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. On the other end of the scale was Haiti with 0.069%, Mauritius with 0.167% and Ireland with 0.225%.

Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditure (As % of GDP) indicator page.

Military Expenditure (As % of GDP) Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Algeria % 6.38% 5.92% 5.48% 6.00% 6.69%
Armenia % 4.09% 3.85% 4.12% 4.79% 4.98%
Azerbaijan % 3.69% 3.76% 3.56% 3.87% 5.39%
Greece % 2.57% 2.56% 2.72% 2.62% 3.06%
Israel % 5.41% 5.43% 5.28% 5.05% 5.28%
Jordan % 4.44% 4.68% 4.56% 4.57% 4.70%
Kuwait % 5.89% 5.61% 5.19% 5.42% 6.57%
Morocco % 3.22% 3.18% 3.13% 3.08% 4.21%
Oman % 10.6% 8.41% 8.27% 7.44% 8.03%
Qatar % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Russia % 5.43% 4.25% 3.72% 3.86% 4.17%
Saudi Arabia % 9.87% 10.2% 9.14% 8.13% 9.18%
Togo % ... ... ... 1.84% 1.87% 1.96% 3.15% 2.84%
USA % 3.42% 3.32% 3.32% 3.43% 3.70%
Ukraine % 3.15% 2.88% 3.19% 3.52% 3.81%