List of countries by military expenditure share of GDP

This is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP.

The second list presents this as a share of the general government expenditure. The first list is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017 and from Military Balance 2017 published by International Institute for Strategic Studies for the year 2016. The second list is sourced only from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for the year 2017.

Military expenditure as a share of GDP

List by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Military Expenditure Database	List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies The Military Balance 2017, (for 2016)
Rank Land % of GDP 1 Oman 12.1 2 Saudi-Arabien 10.3 3 Congo 6.2 4 Kuwait 5.8 5 Algerien 5.7 6 Jordanien 4.8 7 Israel 4.7 8 Libanon 4.5 9 Russland 4.3 10 Bahrain 4.1 11 Armenien 4.0 12 Aserbaidschan 3.9 12 Iraq 3.9 14 Pakistan 3.5 15 Namibia 3.4 15 Ukraine 3.4	Rank Land % of GDP 01 Oman 15.3 02 Afghanistan 14.0 03 Iraq 11.6 04 Saudi-Arabien 8.9 05 Congo 6.4 06 Algerien 6.3 07 Israel 6.1 08 Bahrain 4.8 09 Russland 4.6 10 Botswana 4.4 10 Jordanien 4.4 12 Namibia 4.1 13 Aserbaidschan 4.0 13 Armenien 4.0 15 Mali 3.9

Military expenditure as a share of government spending

Rank	Land	% of spending
1	Sudan	30.9
2	Saudi-Arabien	30.4
3	Oman	26.3
4	Weißrussland	25.3
5	Congo	17.9
6	Singapur	17.2
7	Pakistan	16.7
8	Algerien	16.1
9	Iran	15.8
9	Jordanien	15.8
11	Libanon	15.6
12	Armenien	15.5
12	Tschad	13.8
14	Mali	12.7
15	Myanmar	12.4
15	Südkorea	12.1

See also

• Military budget
• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries by past military expenditure