Based on a comparison of 150 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in military expenditure in USD prices with USD 596 bil followed by China and Saudi Arabia. On the other end of the scale was Somalia with USD < 0.001 bil, Ecuador with USD < 0.001 bil and Liberia with USD < 0.001 bil.
Data for more countries are available at Military Expenditure (USD) indicator page.
| Military Expenditure (USD) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Australia | USD bil | 19.0 | 23.2 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 24.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | USD bil | 25.7 | 34.0 | 36.9 | 34.0 | 32.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD bil | 112 | 123 | 147 | 170 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | USD bil | 67.0 | 61.7 | 64.6 | 60.0 | 62.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD bil | 47.5 | 46.2 | 48.2 | 46.5 | 45.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD bil | 38.7 | 46.1 | 49.7 | 47.2 | 47.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | USD bil | 14.0 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 16.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD bil | 38.3 | 36.0 | 38.1 | 33.7 | 33.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD bil | 51.5 | 54.7 | 60.9 | 60.0 | 48.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | USD bil | 41.2 | 45.2 | 48.5 | 56.5 | 67.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD bil | 24.6 | 28.1 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 34.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | USD bil | 16.1 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 18.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | 669 | 698 | 711 | 685 | 640 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | USD bil | ... | ... | 13.8 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 23.6 | ... | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD bil | 58.4 | 58.0 | 60.3 | 58.7 | 56.9 |
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