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Defense Budget by Country (2023)



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Ranking total annual defense spending budget capability by country, from highest to lowest.



Global Firepower tracks the annual defense spending budgets of each participant in the GFP ranking, these being funds allotted by governments to cover various aspects of a standing fighting force - namely procurement, maintenance / support, and pensions.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
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Defense Budgets (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
$ 761,681,000,000
2
China
CHN
$ 230,000,000,000
3
Russia
RUS
$ 82,600,000,000
4
India
IND
$ 54,200,000,000
5
Germany
GER
$ 52,332,500,000
6
Australia
AUS
$ 52,162,000,000
7
United Kingdom
UKD
$ 50,235,456,000
8
Saudi Arabia
SAR
$ 46,000,000,000
9
France
FRA
$ 45,943,325,500
10
South Korea
SKO
$ 42,100,000,000
11
Japan
JPN
$ 39,660,000,000
12
Italy
ITA
$ 37,000,000,000
13
Canada
CAN
$ 36,300,000,000
14
Ukraine
UKR
$ 30,000,000,000
15
United Arab Emirates
UAE
$ 25,266,000,000
16
Turkiye
TKY
$ 25,200,000,000
17
Israel
ISR
$ 24,300,000,000
18
Poland
POL
$ 20,660,000,000
19
Brazil
BRA
$ 18,785,000,000
20
Taiwan
TWN
$ 18,310,000,000


21
Netherlands
NTH
$ 15,751,000,000
22
Spain
SPN
$ 15,116,590,000
23
Singapore
SNG
$ 13,000,000,000
24
Algeria
ALG
$ 9,979,200,000
25
Indonesia
INO
$ 8,800,000,000
26
Oman
OMA
$ 8,396,300,000
27
Kuwait
KUW
$ 8,172,000,000
28
Colombia
COL
$ 8,139,000,000
29
Pakistan
PAK
$ 7,500,000,000
30
Norway
NOR
$ 7,200,000,000
31
Greece
GRE
$ 6,600,000,000
32
Mexico
MEX
$ 6,456,000,000
33
Sweden
SWE
$ 6,384,089,200
34
Finland
FIN
$ 6,383,925,000
35
Vietnam
VET
$ 6,237,600,000
36
Switzerland
SWZ
$ 5,984,000,000
37
Thailand
THL
$ 5,860,000,000
38
Qatar
QTR
$ 5,856,000,000
39
Iraq
IRQ
$ 5,701,100,000
40
Iran
IRN
$ 5,550,000,000


41
Belgium
BEL
$ 5,513,710,000
42
Romania
ROM
$ 5,148,090,000
43
Chile
CHI
$ 5,058,000,000
44
Portugal
POR
$ 4,908,900,000
45
North Korea
NKO
$ 4,500,000,000
46
Hungary
HUN
$ 4,500,000,000
47
Egypt
EGY
$ 4,357,200,000
48
Philippines
PHL
$ 4,280,000,000
49
Denmark
DEN
$ 4,200,000,000
50
Bangladesh
BNG
$ 3,890,400,000
51
New Zealand
NWZ
$ 3,800,000,000
52
Libya
LBY
$ 3,570,000,000
53
Nigeria
NGA
$ 3,484,633,740
54
Austria
AST
$ 3,432,000,000
55
Czechia
CZC
$ 3,262,900,000
56
Azerbaijan
AZR
$ 3,100,000,000
57
Argentina
ARG
$ 3,064,800,000
58
Cuba
CUB
$ 2,989,900,000
59
South Africa
SAF
$ 2,814,016,919
60
Kazakhstan
KAZ
$ 2,618,000,000


61
Malaysia
MLY
$ 2,593,874,880
62
Myanmar
MYA
$ 2,285,700,000
63
Ecuador
ECU
$ 2,272,630,000
64
Slovakia
SLK
$ 2,092,000,000
65
Syria
SYR
$ 2,020,500,000
66
Venezuela
VEN
$ 1,929,600,000
67
Jordan
JOR
$ 1,900,000,000
68
Peru
PER
$ 1,850,000,000
69
Bahrain
BAH
$ 1,538,800,000
70
Ireland
IRE
$ 1,255,815,000
71
Kenya
KEN
$ 1,186,080,000
72
Tunisia
TUN
$ 1,177,200,000
73
Lithuania
LIT
$ 1,145,745,000
74
Sri Lanka
SRL
$ 1,110,000,000
75
Bulgaria
BUL
$ 1,105,760,000
76
Uruguay
URU
$ 1,072,600,000
77
Angola
ANG
$ 1,059,270,000
78
Serbia
SRB
$ 1,059,200,000
79
Croatia
CRO
$ 1,047,933,180
80
Morocco
MOR
$ 1,039,108,400


81
Yemen
YEM
$ 1,010,070,000
82
Lebanon
LEB
$ 1,001,400,000
83
Uganda
UGA
$ 934,250,000
84
Latvia
LAT
$ 927,465,554
85
Tanzania
TNZ
$ 748,920,000
86
Panama
PAN
$ 741,160,000
87
Belarus
BLR
$ 723,120,000
88
Estonia
EST
$ 713,690,000
89
Uzbekistan
UZB
$ 692,520,000
90
Armenia
ARM
$ 632,500,000
91
Cambodia
CMB
$ 632,250,000
92
Dominican Republic
DOM
$ 630,720,000
93
Luxembourg
LUX
$ 600,000,000
94
Mali
MAL
$ 591,260,000
95
Slovenia
SLV
$ 581,680,000
96
Ethiopia
ETH
$ 538,000,000
97
Ivory Coast
IVC
$ 510,000,000
98
Bolivia
BOL
$ 476,970,000
99
Botswana
BOT
$ 473,400,000
100
Nepal
NEP
$ 437,580,000


101
Burkina Faso
BKF
$ 434,250,000
102
Turkmenistan
TKM
$ 407,070,000
103
Honduras
HON
$ 405,110,000
104
Cameroon
CAM
$ 398,000,000
105
Guatemala
GUA
$ 388,000,000
106
Namibia
NAM
$ 363,800,000
107
Paraguay
PAR
$ 353,000,000
108
Republic of the Congo
ROC
$ 348,160,000
109
Senegal
SEN
$ 345,375,000
110
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
$ 299,220,000
111
El Salvador
ESL
$ 295,680,000
112
Chad
CHD
$ 292,610,000
113
Ghana
GHA
$ 289,400,000
114
Niger
NGR
$ 287,280,000
115
Sudan
SDN
$ 287,210,000
116
Georgia
GEO
$ 286,020,000
117
Gabon
GAB
$ 280,620,000
118
South Sudan
SSD
$ 276,000,000
119
Zambia
ZAM
$ 251,160,000
120
Mauritania
MAU
$ 194,475,000


121
North Macedonia
MAC
$ 192,639,000
122
Albania
ALB
$ 192,400,000
123
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
$ 178,110,000
124
Mozambique
MOZ
$ 140,200,000
125
Kosovo
KOS
$ 128,688,750
126
Zimbabwe
ZIM
$ 117,390,000
127
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
$ 116,040,000
128
Madagascar
MAD
$ 109,760,000
129
Eritrea
ERI
$ 105,315,000
130
Mongolia
MGL
$ 91,980,000
131
Tajikistan
TJK
$ 90,134,000
132
Nicaragua
NIC
$ 88,340,000
133
Benin
BEN
$ 75,251,700
134
Montenegro
MTN
$ 74,074,500
135
Somalia
SOM
$ 63,934,000
136
Afghanistan
AFG
$ 49,525,000
137
Moldova
MOL
$ 47,640,000
138
Suriname
SRN
$ 41,888,000
139
Central African Republic
CAR
$ 41,454,000
140
Laos
LAO
$ 38,280,000


141
Bhutan
BUT
$ 28,908,000
142
Beliz
BLZ
$ 19,332,000
143
Sierra Leone
SLE
$ 19,325,000
144
Liberia
LIB
$ 11,800,000
145
Iceland
ICE
$ 0
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