Global Rankings

Military Spending (% of Public Spending)

percent of total government spending

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	1	Ukraine	54.01%
2	2	Belarus	50.66%
3	3	Eritrea	46.37%
4	12	Burma (Myanmar)	29.10%
5	5	Qatar	26.88%
6	4	Saudi Arabia	22.31%
7	10	Somalia	21.57%
8	8	Algeria	21.38%
9	7	Oman	20.13%
10	11	Singapore	20.13%
11	22	Israel	19.99%
12	19	Russia	18.90%
13	6	Armenia	18.33%
14	29	Chad	17.22%
15	9	United Arab Emirates	17.04%
16	20	Burkina Faso	17.00%
17	18	Mali	16.65%
18	14	Azerbaijan	15.23%
19	25	Turkmenistan	14.96%
20	17	Jordan	14.35%
21	24	Yemen	14.28%
22	23	Central African Republic	14.12%
23	15	Pakistan	13.83%
24	26	Niger	13.79%
25	13	Syria	13.62%
26	21	Guinea	12.79%
27	16	Iran	12.55%
28	28	Burundi	12.50%
29	35	Brunei	12.07%
30	31	South Korea	11.32%
31	152	Uzbekistan	11.06%
32	32	Morocco	10.67%
33	84	Afghanistan	10.27%
34	27	Bahrain	10.22%
35	43	Colombia	10.12%
36	36	Uganda	10.08%
37	38	Kuwait	9.68%
38	34	Mauritania	9.62%
39	41	Sudan	9.50%
40	40	United States	9.11%
41	33	Djibouti	9.11%
42	46	Lebanon	8.91%
43	44	Vietnam	8.82%
44	45	Cambodia	8.79%
45	56	Poland	8.47%
46	39	Kyrgyzstan	8.40%
47	30	Togo	8.38%
48	52	Botswana	8.02%
49	53	Lithuania	7.92%
50	48	India	7.63%
51	50	Turkey	7.52%
52	57	Estonia	7.51%
53	58	Latvia	7.49%
54	55	Tunisia	7.27%
55	42	Sri Lanka	7.25%
56	60	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.14%
57	51	Namibia	7.13%
58	47	Ethiopia	6.91%
59	54	Bangladesh	6.90%
60	63	Uruguay	6.78%
61	65	Albania	6.61%
62	68	Greece	6.58%
63	66	Gabon	6.57%
64	49	Tajikistan	6.22%
65	71	Mozambique	6.13%
66	77	Cameroon	6.12%
67	62	Tanzania	6.10%
68	74	Georgia	6.07%
69	76	Serbia	6.05%
70	95	Romania	5.85%
71	67	Chile	5.84%
72	70	Honduras	5.83%
73	61	Guinea-Bissau	5.76%
74	87	Macedonia	5.55%
75	79	Bulgaria	5.49%
76	73	Ecuador	5.47%
77	93	Libya	5.47%
78	88	Philippines	5.44%
79	72	Senegal	5.43%
80	37	Republic of the Congo	5.39%
81	81	United Kingdom	5.25%
82	82	China	5.06%
83	101	Denmark	5.06%
84	83	Australia	4.96%
85	69	Angola	4.92%
86	80	Iraq	4.87%
87	89	Swaziland	4.82%
88	90	Zambia	4.75%
89	59	Equatorial Guinea	4.72%
90	85	Indonesia	4.60%
91	86	Thailand	4.54%
92	109	Norway	4.53%
93	107	Malaysia	4.52%
94	99	Paraguay	4.47%
95	103	Hungary	4.43%
96	98	Kenya	4.43%
97	121	Netherlands	4.34%
98	120	Czech Republic	4.32%
99	112	Slovakia	4.30%
100	92	Fiji	4.26%
101	91	Rwanda	4.24%
102	115	Madagascar	4.24%
103	97	Cyprus	4.21%
104	113	Montenegro	4.19%
105	124	Sweden	4.12%
106	100	Nepal	4.11%
107	111	Jamaica	4.07%
108	75	Peru	4.06%
109	116	Finland	4.05%
110	105	Dominican Republic	4.04%
111	125	Germany	3.93%
112	96	El Salvador	3.83%
113	110	Benin	3.80%
114	106	Belize	3.77%
115	114	Croatia	3.76%
116	133	Guyana	3.67%
117	118	Bolivia	3.67%
118	108	Ivory Coast	3.66%
119	119	France	3.59%
120	117	Portugal	3.57%
121	104	Malawi	3.50%
122	94	Seychelles	3.36%
123	132	Japan	3.25%
124	78	Liberia	3.20%
125	123	Spain	3.20%
126	128	Italy	3.18%
127	127	Canada	3.08%
128	64	Nigeria	3.07%
129	136	Mexico	2.97%
130	102	Egypt	2.93%
131	129	New Zealand	2.82%
132	131	Slovenia	2.74%
133	130	Trinidad and Tobago	2.73%
134	126	Guatemala	2.72%
135	122	Lesotho	2.53%
136	134	Gambia	2.50%
137	138	Belgium	2.36%
138	139	Switzerland	2.27%
139	135	South Africa	2.11%
140	140	Brazil	2.10%
141	137	Cape Verde	2.05%
142	145	Mongolia	2.01%
143	148	Luxembourg	1.99%
144	144	Kazakhstan	1.94%
145	143	Argentina	1.93%
146	141	Nicaragua	1.90%
147	147	Austria	1.85%
148	142	Ghana	1.76%
149	146	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.73%
150	155	Haiti	1.63%
151	149	Moldova	1.60%
152	153	Zimbabwe	1.32%
153	150	Papua New Guinea	1.29%
154	151	Malta	1.28%
155	154	Ireland	1.00%
156	156	Laos	0.78%
157	157	Mauritius	0.48%
158	158	Sierra Leone	0.00%
159	159	Iceland	0%
159	159	Panama	0%
159	159	Costa Rica	0%

Data

Global Rankings

Military Spending (% of Public Spending)