Military Expenditure
This key economic indicator for the Defense sector has been recently updated.
- India Military Expenditure was up 7.4% in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 India Military Expenditure increased 6.9% year on year totalising $71,124,980,462.92.
- In 2019 China was ranked number 2 in Military Expenditure.
- In 2019 Bulgaria was number 58 in Military Expenditure at $2,127,074,985.69, moving from 75 in 2018.
Top Countries in Military Expenditure
| # | 156 Countries | US Dollars | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
United States
|
731,751,400,000.00 | 2019 | +7.2 % | +2.5 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
China
|
261,081,940,426.67 | 2019 | +3.0 % | +5.4 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
India
|
71,124,980,462.92 | 2019 | +7.3 % | +6.9 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Russia
|
65,102,569,652.74 | 2019 | +6.0 % | -5.1 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Saudi Arabia
|
61,866,666,666.67 | 2019 | -16.9 % | -5.2 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
France
|
50,118,929,211.93 | 2019 | -2.5 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Germany
|
49,276,757,725.03 | 2019 | +6.0 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
United Kingdom
|
48,650,383,141.76 | 2019 | -2.5 % | -3.8 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Japan
|
47,609,019,987.34 | 2019 | +2.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
South Korea
|
43,890,861,986.14 | 2019 | +1.9 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Brazil
|
26,945,917,849.90 | 2019 | -4.4 % | -3.8 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Italy
|
26,790,436,632.33 | 2019 | -3.7 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Australia
|
25,912,378,303.20 | 2019 | -3.5 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
United Arab Emirates
|
22,755,071,477.20 | 2014 | -3.4 % | +10.5 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Canada
|
22,197,626,224.57 | 2019 | -2.3 % | +4.5 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Israel
|
20,464,927,048.26 | 2019 | +3.6 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Turkey
|
20,447,711,267.61 | 2019 | +4.1 % | +3.1 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Spain
|
17,176,712,942.23 | 2019 | -3.6 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Iran
|
12,623,163,490.04 | 2019 | +12.4 % | +5.0 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Netherlands
|
12,059,561,128.53 | 2019 | +8.5 % | +3.1 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Poland
|
11,902,529,335.07 | 2019 | -1.1 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Singapore
|
11,211,125,366.57 | 2019 | +3.5 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Algeria
|
10,303,600,575.21 | 2019 | +7.5 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Pakistan
|
10,256,095,280.08 | 2019 | -11.0 % | +3.5 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Colombia
|
10,084,429,483.54 | 2019 | -0.5 % | -3.2 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Kuwait
|
7,709,786,184.21 | 2019 | +5.7 % | +5.7 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Indonesia
|
7,664,923,632.29 | 2019 | +1.4 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Iraq
|
7,598,829,335.75 | 2019 | +20.3 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Thailand
|
7,314,879,227.05 | 2019 | +6.4 % | +5.0 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Norway
|
7,003,411,804.84 | 2019 | -0.9 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Oman
|
6,729,518,855.66 | 2019 | -11.1 % | -3.9 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Mexico
|
6,536,384,427.47 | 2019 | +11.9 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Sweden
|
5,920,139,623.44 | 2019 | +3.3 % | -2.0 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Vietnam
|
5,692,821,828.94 | 2019 | +3.5 % | +6.0 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Greece
|
5,471,562,919.84 | 2019 | -5.0 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Ukraine
|
5,228,926,088.43 | 2019 | +25.4 % | +11.8 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Chile
|
5,182,156,528.66 | 2019 | -6.6 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Switzerland
|
5,179,074,446.68 | 2019 | +11.3 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Romania
|
4,944,956,295.77 | 2019 | +13.4 % | +12.9 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Belgium
|
4,817,510,076.13 | 2019 | -0.5 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Denmark
|
4,556,755,135.70 | 2019 | -0.0 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Portugal
|
4,512,987,012.99 | 2019 | +2.1 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Bangladesh
|
4,358,147,797.25 | 2019 | +18.0 % | +13.1 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Finland
|
3,971,115,091.80 | 2019 | +5.7 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Malaysia
|
3,769,026,334.86 | 2019 | +8.6 % | -5.2 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Libya
|
3,755,658,597.93 | 2014 | -5.3 % | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Egypt
|
3,743,671,451.55 | 2019 | +20.0 % | -5.9 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Morocco
|
3,721,323,837.45 | 2019 | +0.7 % | -1.7 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Philippines
|
3,471,584,034.02 | 2019 | +22.1 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
South Africa
|
3,465,133,037.69 | 2019 | -5.6 % | -2.3 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Austria
|
3,237,796,686.07 | 2019 | -4.4 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Argentina
|
3,143,285,844.82 | 2019 | -18.2 % | -8.8 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
New Zealand
|
2,926,961,107.45 | 2019 | +15.9 % | +5.2 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Czech Republic
|
2,910,252,496.62 | 2019 | +7.4 % | +7.5 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Peru
|
2,724,902,174.17 | 2019 | +2.9 % | -3.3 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Lebanon
|
2,521,246,648.01 | 2019 | -9.2 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Ecuador
|
2,467,800,000.00 | 2019 | -3.2 % | -2.4 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Bulgaria
|
2,127,074,985.69 | 2019 | +121.3 % | +23.3 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Jordan
|
2,032,112,676.06 | 2019 | +3.8 % | +5.6 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Myanmar
|
2,026,822,744.98 | 2019 | -0.2 % | -3.1 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Hungary
|
1,904,369,102.43 | 2019 | +6.3 % | +9.5 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Slovakia
|
1,865,203,761.76 | 2019 | +43.9 % | +13.3 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Nigeria
|
1,860,260,429.56 | 2019 | -8.9 % | -4.6 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Azerbaijan
|
1,854,235,294.12 | 2019 | +10.9 % | -11.6 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Kazakhstan
|
1,766,369,269.09 | 2019 | +12.3 % | -5.2 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Yemen
|
1,714,830,843.69 | 2014 | +4.0 % | +3.8 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Sri Lanka
|
1,666,461,476.47 | 2019 | -0.9 % | -2.7 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Angola
|
1,470,938,717.29 | 2019 | -25.9 % | -26.5 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Bahrain
|
1,404,787,234.04 | 2019 | -8.0 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Kenya
|
1,148,431,601.35 | 2019 | +3.1 % | +7.0 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Uruguay
|
1,146,317,701.83 | 2019 | -9.8 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Serbia
|
1,143,779,270.27 | 2019 | +39.9 % | +4.6 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Ireland
|
1,112,740,707.57 | 2019 | +0.5 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Lithuania
|
1,083,743,842.36 | 2019 | +2.6 % | +20.5 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Croatia
|
1,009,211,718.51 | 2019 | +4.4 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Tunisia
|
1,000,580,402.87 | 2019 | +18.5 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Tanzania
|
797,668,979.48 | 2019 | +14.1 % | +9.5 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Belarus
|
780,097,075.77 | 2019 | +9.1 % | -5.0 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Sudan
|
722,256,177.42 | 2019 | -31.1 % | NA | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Latvia
|
709,807,433.95 | 2019 | -1.9 % | +19.1 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Armenia
|
673,280,844.48 | 2019 | +10.6 % | +8.0 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Estonia
|
656,068,069.86 | 2019 | +8.1 % | +5.1 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Uganda
|
645,757,062.12 | 2019 | +58.1 % | +14.7 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Dominican Republic
|
615,388,814.16 | 2019 | +3.7 % | +7.1 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Cambodia
|
604,229,190.38 | 2019 | +11.2 % | +16.8 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Bolivia
|
598,472,724.64 | 2019 | -3.3 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Slovenia
|
568,741,603.22 | 2019 | +7.4 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Zimbabwe
|
546,939,000.00 | 2019 | +30.1 % | +8.2 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Ethiopia
|
544,839,429.85 | 2019 | +6.4 % | +5.6 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Ivory Coast
|
535,951,382.18 | 2019 | -11.8 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Botswana
|
515,906,976.74 | 2019 | +3.6 % | +8.3 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Mali
|
474,260,953.86 | 2019 | -1.6 % | +16.8 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Luxembourg
|
428,769,402.88 | 2019 | +9.0 % | +9.0 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Nepal
|
428,701,839.23 | 2019 | -0.2 % | +5.5 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Cameroon
|
422,294,771.98 | 2019 | -1.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Brunei
|
414,728,739.00 | 2019 | +15.9 % | -4.7 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Namibia
|
410,415,251.89 | 2019 | -9.9 % | -5.3 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Honduras
|
403,982,242.46 | 2019 | +4.8 % | +5.2 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Paraguay
|
402,729,206.92 | 2019 | +4.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Cyprus
|
401,690,550.83 | 2019 | -9.8 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Burkina Faso
|
357,921,557.52 | 2019 | +17.1 % | +15.1 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
352,709,565.60 | 2019 | +19.4 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Senegal
|
349,042,081.51 | 2019 | -9.4 % | +7.8 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Guatemala
|
344,484,864.23 | 2019 | +26.1 % | +7.0 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
El Salvador
|
319,500,000.00 | 2019 | +8.4 % | +6.4 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Georgia
|
316,116,435.92 | 2019 | -3.5 % | -5.3 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Republic of the Congo
|
299,953,238.97 | 2019 | +2.6 % | -15.7 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Zambia
|
293,275,808.46 | 2019 | -22.4 % | -7.9 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Gabon
|
266,879,196.12 | 2019 | +2.2 % | +5.1 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Jamaica
|
252,263,612.79 | 2019 | +20.3 % | +15.8 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Chad
|
234,709,654.96 | 2019 | -7.3 % | -9.8 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Ghana
|
233,320,137.04 | 2019 | +6.8 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Afghanistan
|
226,874,362.21 | 2019 | +14.5 % | -3.3 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Albania
|
197,517,156.02 | 2019 | +12.3 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Guinea
|
195,070,896.27 | 2019 | -1.0 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
183,168,860.90 | 2019 | +6.5 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Niger
|
171,928,704.79 | 2019 | -25.1 % | +3.4 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Togo
|
170,566,832.44 | 2019 | +63.4 % | +15.5 % | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Trinidad and Tobago
|
166,355,243.72 | 2019 | +2.6 % | -2.5 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Mauritania
|
162,397,954.98 | 2019 | +2.1 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Macedonia
|
151,220,932.35 | 2019 | +26.4 % | +4.0 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Equatorial Guinea
|
143,570,333.91 | 2019 | -4.0 % | -2.9 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Mozambique
|
136,765,798.06 | 2019 | -19.4 % | -4.7 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Cuba
|
124,652,912.50 | 2019 | -3.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Kyrgyzstan
|
124,054,574.09 | 2019 | -2.4 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Rwanda
|
121,431,433.66 | 2019 | +2.1 % | +6.0 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Tajikistan
|
111,605,950.43 | 2019 | +3.0 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Venezuela
|
110,411,964.55 | 2018 | -76.3 % | -55.3 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Mongolia
|
99,729,483.17 | 2019 | +3.8 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Montenegro
|
89,296,909.99 | 2019 | +13.2 % | +5.7 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Swaziland
|
87,050,882.66 | 2019 | -4.1 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
South Sudan
|
86,466,786.83 | 2019 | -42.0 % | -41.9 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Malta
|
83,636,363.64 | 2019 | +25.1 % | +8.2 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Fiji
|
83,452,932.10 | 2019 | +0.4 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Nicaragua
|
82,593,607.31 | 2019 | +1.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Papua New Guinea
|
80,846,153.85 | 2019 | +1.1 % | -6.4 % | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Somalia
|
78,903,000.00 | 2019 | +1.9 % | +5.5 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Madagascar
|
76,576,631.11 | 2019 | +4.5 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Benin
|
68,112,390.31 | 2019 | -24.5 % | -6.0 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Malawi
|
68,015,531.18 | 2019 | +16.5 % | +6.6 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Guyana
|
67,837,813.22 | 2019 | +9.0 % | +11.6 % | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Kosovo
|
65,705,329.15 | 2019 | +3.7 % | +4.2 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Burundi
|
64,706,676.99 | 2019 | -1.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Lesotho
|
44,845,967.46 | 2019 | -12.2 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Moldova
|
44,466,198.32 | 2019 | +18.9 % | +10.0 % | View data |
| 146 |
#146
East Timor
|
34,400,000.00 | 2019 | +66.9 % | +3.0 % | View data |
| 147 |
#147
Central African Republic
|
32,411,879.35 | 2019 | +6.2 % | -3.3 % | View data |
| 148 |
#148
Sierra Leone
|
25,641,867.78 | 2019 | -13.4 % | -12.1 % | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Seychelles
|
23,781,947.34 | 2019 | +5.1 % | -5.1 % | View data |
| 150 |
#150
Belize
|
23,320,975.00 | 2019 | +0.6 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 151 |
#151
Mauritius
|
22,566,872.88 | 2019 | -2.0 % | +2.7 % | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Guinea-Bissau
|
18,546,805.61 | 2019 | +0.7 % | -2.9 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Liberia
|
16,646,000.00 | 2019 | +21.2 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Gambia
|
14,529,115.74 | 2019 | +26.5 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Cape Verde
|
9,728,061.09 | 2019 | -9.2 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
Haiti
|
105,960.26 | 2019 | +33.0 % | +14.6 % | View data |
Source: World Bank