Senior Airman George Goslin/U.S. Air Force // Wikimedia Commons
1 / 100#100. Kyrgyzstan
Per capita spending: $37
Total expenditure: $222.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #108/145
100 countries spending the most on their military
If we lived in an ideal world, conflicts would be settled via peaceful resolution and treasuries around the world would save hundreds of billions of dollars annually on military expenses. Unfortunately, it seems nearly impossible to turn on the news without hearing about yet another country being torn apart by violence.
Though the state of international affairs makes it difficult for any country to avoid some military spending, the degree to which governments invest in their armed forces is heavily variant, depending on certain factors.
Using data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stacker listed the 100 countries investing the most money in their military. The countries are ranked according to their respective per-capita military spending in U.S. dollars and listed along with their total expenditure, as well as how their total expenditure ranks amongst the world's military powers.
Read on to see where the United States falls on the list.
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Presidencia El Salvador // Wikimedia Commons
2 / 100#99. El Salvador
Per capita spending: $39
Total expenditure: $246.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #107/145
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ricardo Reyes/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
3 / 100#98. Honduras
Per capita spending: $39
Total expenditure: $363.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #96/145
Spc. Matthew Hulett // Wikimedia Commons
4 / 100#97. Philippines
Per capita spending: $42
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #41/145
Shdowcrwler // Wikimedia Commons
5 / 100#96. Mexico
Per capita spending: $45
Total expenditure: $5.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #32/145
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Williams/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
6 / 100#95. Jamaica
Per capita spending: $45
Total expenditure: $130.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #118/145
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Williams/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
7 / 100#94. Dominican Republic
Per capita spending: $46
Total expenditure: $495.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #83/145
SGT Christina M. Dion // Wikimedia Commons
8 / 100#93. Bosnia-Herzegovina
Per capita spending: $47
Total expenditure: $164.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #116/145
Panky2sharma // Wikimedia Commons
9 / 100#92. India
Per capita spending: $48
Total expenditure: $63.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #5/145
Senior Airman Peter Reft // Wikimedia Commons
10 / 100#91. Fiji
Per capita spending: $51
Total expenditure: $45.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #138/145
MC1 Brien Aho // Wikimedia Commons
11 / 100#90. Paraguay
Per capita spending: $51
Total expenditure: $348.2 million
Total expenditure rank: #97/145
Helene C. Stikkel/DoD // Wikimedia Commons
12 / 100#89. Vietnam
Per capita spending: $53
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #37/145
John Scott Rafoss // Wikimedia Commons
13 / 100#88. Macedonia
Per capita spending: $54
Total expenditure: $111.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #120/145
Sgt. David E. Alvarado // Wikimedia Commons
14 / 100#87. Pakistan
Per capita spending: $55
Total expenditure: $10.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #19/145
TSgt. Laura K. Smith // Wikimedia Commons
15 / 100#86. Albania
Per capita spending: $55
Total expenditure: $162.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #117/145
Israel_soliz // Wikimedia Commons
16 / 100#85. Bolivia
Per capita spending: $59
Total expenditure: $656.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #76/145
Lance Cpl. Abraham Lopez // Wikimedia Commons
17 / 100#84. Belize
Per capita spending: $61
Total expenditure: $22.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #144/145
US Army Africa // Flickr
18 / 100#83. Swaziland
Per capita spending: $63
Total expenditure: $86.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #124/145
Cpl. Jad Sleiman/U.S. Marine Corps // Wikimedia Commons
19 / 100#82. South Africa
Per capita spending: $64
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #46/145
Marcomogollon // Wikimedia Commons
20 / 100#81. Peru
Per capita spending: $65
Total expenditure: $2.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #58/145
Ricky Cain // Wikimedia Commons
21 / 100#80. Belarus
Per capita spending: $67
Total expenditure: $631.1 million
Total expenditure rank: #77/145
Tech Sgt. Rick Sforza/U.S. Air Force // Wikimedia Commons
22 / 100#79. Tunisia
Per capita spending: $73
Total expenditure: $835.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #72/145
TSgt. Jim Varhegyi/USAF // Wikimedia Commons
23 / 100#78. Kazakhstan
Per capita spending: $73
Total expenditure: $1.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #66/145
PH2 JOHN BIVERA // Wikimedia Commons
24 / 100#77. Guyana
Per capita spending: $74
Total expenditure: $57.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #134/145
Joshua Dodds, U.S. Army // Wikimedia Commons
25 / 100#76. Ukraine
Per capita spending: $83
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #45/145
Tech Sgt. William Greer // Wikimedia Commons
26 / 100#75. Serbia
Per capita spending: $83
Total expenditure: $731.1 million
Total expenditure rank: #75/145
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command // Wikimedia Commons
27 / 100#74. Georgia
Per capita spending: $85
Total expenditure: $332.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #101/145
Chamal Pathirana // Wikimedia Commons
28 / 100#73. Sri Lanka
Per capita spending: $89
Total expenditure: $1.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #60/145
Sgt. Pablo N. Piedra // Wikimedia Commons
29 / 100#72. Thailand
Per capita spending: $92
Total expenditure: $6.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #31/145
MONUSCO Photos // Wikimedia Commons
30 / 100#71. Congo
Per capita spending: $92
Total expenditure: $484.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #85/145
Sharon McPeak/U.S. Marine Corps // Wikimedia Commons
31 / 100#70. Morocco
Per capita spending: $97
Total expenditure: $3.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #50/145
Russian Ministry of Defence // Wikimedia Commons
32 / 100#69. Angola
Per capita spending: $103
Total expenditure: $3.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #51/145
Al Jazeera English // Wikimedia Commons
33 / 100#68. Sudan
Per capita spending: $108
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #40/145
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Elmini/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
34 / 100#67. Malaysia
Per capita spending: $111
Total expenditure: $3.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #49/145
CRANGORAMNE // Wikimedia Commons
35 / 100#66. Montenegro
Per capita spending: $118
Total expenditure: $74.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #127/145
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command // Wikimedia Commons
36 / 100#65. Bulgaria
Per capita spending: $122
Total expenditure: $866.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #71/145
hamner.jonathan // Wikimedia Commons
37 / 100#64. Argentina
Per capita spending: $128
Total expenditure: $5.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #33/145
Ministerio de Defesa // Wikimedia Commons
38 / 100#63. Brazil
Per capita spending: $140
Total expenditure: $29.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #11/145
KGyST // Wikimedia Commons
39 / 100#62. Hungary
Per capita spending: $146
Total expenditure: $1.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #64/145
Cancilleria Ecuador // Wikimedia Commons
40 / 100#61. Ecuador
Per capita spending: $146
Total expenditure: $2.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #55/145
Frank Vincentz // Wikimedia Commons
41 / 100#60. Malta
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $63.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #132/145
Sgt. Casey A. Collie // Wikimedia Commons
42 / 100#59. Trinidad & Tobago
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $201.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #110/145
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
43 / 100#58. Gabon
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $298.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #104/145
Khustup // Wikimedia Commons
44 / 100#57. Armenia
Per capita spending: $151
Total expenditure: $443.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #91/145
WalkerBaku // Wikimedia Commons
45 / 100#56. Azerbaijan
Per capita spending: $156
Total expenditure: $1.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #63/145
Linda D. Kozaryn // Wikimedia Commons
46 / 100#55. China
Per capita spending: $162
Total expenditure: $228.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #2/145
ViceAdmiral // Wikimedia Commons
47 / 100#54. Namibia
Per capita spending: $171
Total expenditure: $433.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #92/145
Hossein Zohrevand // Wikimedia Commons
48 / 100#53. Iran
Per capita spending: $179
Total expenditure: $14.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #18/145
Orlovic // Wikimedia Commons
49 / 100#52. Croatia
Per capita spending: $184
Total expenditure: $771.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #74/145
PH1(AW) MICHAEL LARSON // Wikimedia Commons
50 / 100#51. Iraq
Per capita spending: $194
Total expenditure: $7.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #28/145
CWO Keith A. Stevenson // Wikimedia Commons
51 / 100#50. Colombia
Per capita spending: $198
Total expenditure: $9.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #25/145
SGT Zachary Mott // Wikimedia Commons
52 / 100#49. Jordan
Per capita spending: $200
Total expenditure: $1.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #59/145
Maj. Chad Carroll // Wikimedia Commons
53 / 100#48. Romania
Per capita spending: $204
Total expenditure: $4.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #42/145
Master Sgt. Donald Sparks // Wikimedia Commons
54 / 100#47. Slovak Republic
Per capita spending: $207
Total expenditure: $1.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #68/145
Military and Police Advisory Training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center // Wikimedia Commons
55 / 100#46. Czech Republic
Per capita spending: $210
Total expenditure: $2.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #57/145
Sgt. Joshua Dodds/130th Public Affairs Detachment // Wikimedia Commons
56 / 100#45. Turkey
Per capita spending: $225
Total expenditure: $18.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #15/145
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet // Wikimedia Commons
57 / 100#44. Seychelles
Per capita spending: $229
Total expenditure: $21.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #145/145
MORS // Wikimedia Commons
58 / 100#43. Slovenia
Per capita spending: $230
Total expenditure: $477.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #86/145
U.S. Army Africa // Wikimedia Commons
59 / 100#42. Botswana
Per capita spending: $232
Total expenditure: $531.2 million
Total expenditure rank: #80/145
Guliolopez // Wikimedia Commons
60 / 100#41. Ireland
Per capita spending: $235
Total expenditure: $1.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #69/145
Mass Communication Specialist Steven Harbour // Wikimedia Commons
61 / 100#40. Algeria
Per capita spending: $244
Total expenditure: $10.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #22/145
Piotr Wlodarczyk // Wikimedia Commons
62 / 100#39. Poland
Per capita spending: $262
Total expenditure: $10.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #24/145
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command // Wikimedia Commons
63 / 100#38. Latvia
Per capita spending: $264
Total expenditure: $513.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #81/145
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command // Wikimedia Commons
64 / 100#37. Lithuania
Per capita spending: $281
Total expenditure: $811.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #73/145
Hackerator // Wikimedia Commons
65 / 100#36. Chile
Per capita spending: $284
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #35/145
Seksen iki yuz kirk bes // Wikimedia Commons
66 / 100#35. Cyprus
Per capita spending: $335
Total expenditure: $394.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #94/145
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command // Wikimedia Commons
67 / 100#34. Austria
Per capita spending: $340
Total expenditure: $3.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #52/145
Oscar en el medio // Wikimedia Commons
68 / 100#33. Spain
Per capita spending: $350
Total expenditure: $16.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #17/145
US Army // Wikimedia Commons
69 / 100#32. Japan
Per capita spending: $356
Total expenditure: $45.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #8/145
Cpl. Dustin Schalue // Wikimedia Commons
70 / 100#31. Uruguay
Per capita spending: $359
Total expenditure: $1.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #67/145
Allied Joint Forces Command Brunssum // Wikimedia Commons
71 / 100#30. Portugal
Per capita spending: $365
Total expenditure: $3.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #44/145
7th Army Training Command // Flickr
72 / 100#29. Belgium
Per capita spending: $389
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #39/145
James Brooke // Wikimedia Commons
73 / 100#28. Lebanon
Per capita spending: $401
Total expenditure: $2.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #54/145
Sgt. Sara Marchus // Wikimedia Commons
74 / 100#27. Estonia
Per capita spending: $410
Total expenditure: $536.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #79/145
Steve Chao/Al Jazeera English // Wikimedia Commons
75 / 100#26. Taiwan
Per capita spending: $447
Total expenditure: $10.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #20/145
Robin // Wikimedia Commons
76 / 100#25. Greece
Per capita spending: $456
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #36/145
Kremlin.ru // Wikimedia Commons
77 / 100#24. Russia
Per capita spending: $461
Total expenditure: $66.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #4/145
SSG Teddy Wade // Wikimedia Commons
78 / 100#23. Italy
Per capita spending: $493
Total expenditure: $29.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #12/145
ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office // Wikimedia Commons
79 / 100#22. New Zealand
Per capita spending: $495
Total expenditure: $2.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #56/145
wlodi // Flickr
80 / 100#21. Germany
Per capita spending: $540
Total expenditure: $44.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #9/145
Zinneke // Wikimedia Commons
81 / 100#20. Luxembourg
Per capita spending: $545
Total expenditure: $317.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #102/145
TheBernFiles // Wikimedia Commons
82 / 100#19. Switzerland
Per capita spending: $546
Total expenditure: $4.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #38/145
SGT Bertha A. Flores // Wikimedia Commons
83 / 100#18. Sweden
Per capita spending: $561
Total expenditure: $5.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #34/145
Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Gallagher // Wikimedia Commons
84 / 100#17. Canada
Per capita spending: $562
Total expenditure: $20.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #14/145
Markus Rauchenberger // Wikimedia Commons
85 / 100#16. Netherlands
Per capita spending: $590
Total expenditure: $10.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #23/145
davric // Wikimedia Commons
86 / 100#15. Finland
Per capita spending: $651
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #47/145
Gertrud Zach/U.S. Army // Wikimedia Commons
87 / 100#14. Denmark
Per capita spending: $662
Total expenditure: $3.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #43/145
Gertrud Zach // Wikimedia Commons
88 / 100#13. UK
Per capita spending: $713
Total expenditure: $47.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #7/145
USAG- Humphreys // Flickr
89 / 100#12. South Korea
Per capita spending: $768
Total expenditure: $39.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #10/145
Mike Morley/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
90 / 100#11. Brunei
Per capita spending: $809
Total expenditure: $346.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #98/145
SRA ESPERANZA BERRIOS // Wikimedia Commons
91 / 100#10. France
Per capita spending: $889
Total expenditure: $57.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #6/145
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Krishna M. Jackson/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
92 / 100#9. Bahrain
Per capita spending: $936
Total expenditure: $1.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #65/145
Official U.S. Navy Page // Wikimedia Commons
93 / 100#8. Australia
Per capita spending: $1,123
Total expenditure: $27.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #13/145
Sgt. Sebastian Nemec // Wikimedia Commons
94 / 100#7. Norway
Per capita spending: $1,238
Total expenditure: $6.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #30/145
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff // Wikimedia Commons
95 / 100#6. Kuwait
Per capita spending: $1,651
Total expenditure: $6.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #29/145
Sgt. Eric Rutherford // Wikimedia Commons
96 / 100#5. Singapore
Per capita spending: $1,786
Total expenditure: $10.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #21/145
Gunnery Sgt. Robert B. Brown Jr./U.S. Marine Corps // Wikimedia Commons
97 / 100#4. Oman
Per capita spending: $1,874
Total expenditure: $8.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #26/145
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico/U.S. Navy // Wikimedia Commons
98 / 100#3. USA
Per capita spending: $1,879
Total expenditure: $609.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #1/145
CHERIE A. THURLBY // Wikimedia Commons
99 / 100#2. Israel
Per capita spending: $1,982
Total expenditure: $16.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #16/145
Specialist Henry // Wikimedia Commons
100 / 100#1. Saudi Arabia
Per capita spending: $2,107
Total expenditure: $69.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #3/145
