1
🇺🇦Ukraine
39.6%
2
🇩🇿Algeria
8.8%
3
🇮🇱Israel
7.8%
4
🇷🇺Russia
7.5%
5
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
6.5%
6
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
6.5%
7
🇦🇲Armenia
6.1%
8
🇴🇲Oman
5.7%
9
🇰🇼Kuwait
4.7%
10
🇯🇴Jordan
4.6%
11
🇵🇱Poland
4.5%
12
🇲🇱Mali
3.9%
13
🇱🇻Latvia
3.6%
14
🇲🇦Morocco
3.5%
15
🇸🇸South Sudan
3.4%
16
🇪🇪Estonia
3.4%
17
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
3.3%
18
🇳🇴Norway
3.3%
19
🇩🇰Denmark
3.3%
20
🇧🇮Burundi
3.2%
21
🇨🇴Colombia
3.2%
22
🇹🇩Chad
3.2%
23
🇺🇸United States
3.1%
24
🇧🇼Botswana
3.1%
25
🇧🇭Bahrain
3.1%
26
🇱🇹Lithuania
3.1%
27
🇸🇬Singapore
3.0%
28
🇬🇷Greece
3.0%
29
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
2.9%
30
🇵🇰Pakistan
2.9%
31
🇳🇦Namibia
2.8%
32
🇷🇸Serbia
2.8%
33
🇲🇷Mauritania
2.7%
34
🇰🇷South Korea
2.6%
35
🇫🇮Finland
2.6%
36
🇱🇧Lebanon
2.5%
37
🇹🇳Tunisia
2.5%
38
🇸🇪Sweden
2.5%
39
🇮🇶Iraq
2.4%
40
🇧🇾Belarus
2.4%
41
🇬🇧United Kingdom
2.4%
42
🇨🇫Central African Republic
2.3%
43
🇮🇳India
2.3%
44
🇺🇾Uruguay
2.3%
45
🇷🇴Romania
2.3%
46
🇩🇪Germany
2.3%
47
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
2.3%
48
🇳🇱Netherlands
2.2%
49
🇻🇳Vietnam
2.2%
50
🇳🇪Niger
2.1%
Highlights
As of 2025, Ukraine ranks first with 39.6%, followed by Algeria (8.8%) and Israel (7.8%).
Ukraine is 4.5 times higher than Algeria, the runner-up.
Across 149 countries and territories, values run from 39.6% (Ukraine) to 0.0% (Panama), with a median of 1.6%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Asia, 2 from Europe and 1 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Military expenditure (% of GDP), 2025. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Military expenditure (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026