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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2 / 100
#99. El Salvador
Per capita spending: $39
Total expenditure: $246.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #107/145
3 / 100
#98. Honduras
Per capita spending: $39
Total expenditure: $363.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #96/145
4 / 100
#97. Philippines
Per capita spending: $42
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #41/145
5 / 100
#96. Mexico
Per capita spending: $45
Total expenditure: $5.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #32/145
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6 / 100
#95. Jamaica
Per capita spending: $45
Total expenditure: $130.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #118/145
7 / 100
#94. Dominican Republic
Per capita spending: $46
Total expenditure: $495.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #83/145
8 / 100
#93. Bosnia-Herzegovina
Per capita spending: $47
Total expenditure: $164.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #116/145
9 / 100
#92. India
Per capita spending: $48
Total expenditure: $63.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #5/145
10 / 100
#91. Fiji
Per capita spending: $51
Total expenditure: $45.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #138/145
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11 / 100
#90. Paraguay
Per capita spending: $51
Total expenditure: $348.2 million
Total expenditure rank: #97/145
12 / 100
#89. Vietnam
Per capita spending: $53
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #37/145
13 / 100
#88. Macedonia
Per capita spending: $54
Total expenditure: $111.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #120/145
14 / 100
#87. Pakistan
Per capita spending: $55
Total expenditure: $10.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #19/145
15 / 100
#86. Albania
Per capita spending: $55
Total expenditure: $162.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #117/145
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16 / 100
#85. Bolivia
Per capita spending: $59
Total expenditure: $656.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #76/145
17 / 100
#84. Belize
Per capita spending: $61
Total expenditure: $22.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #144/145
18 / 100
#83. Swaziland
Per capita spending: $63
Total expenditure: $86.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #124/145
19 / 100
#82. South Africa
Per capita spending: $64
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #46/145
20 / 100
#81. Peru
Per capita spending: $65
Total expenditure: $2.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #58/145
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21 / 100
#80. Belarus
Per capita spending: $67
Total expenditure: $631.1 million
Total expenditure rank: #77/145
22 / 100
#79. Tunisia
Per capita spending: $73
Total expenditure: $835.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #72/145
23 / 100
#78. Kazakhstan
Per capita spending: $73
Total expenditure: $1.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #66/145
24 / 100
#77. Guyana
Per capita spending: $74
Total expenditure: $57.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #134/145
25 / 100
#76. Ukraine
Per capita spending: $83
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #45/145
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26 / 100
#75. Serbia
Per capita spending: $83
Total expenditure: $731.1 million
Total expenditure rank: #75/145
27 / 100
#74. Georgia
Per capita spending: $85
Total expenditure: $332.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #101/145
28 / 100
#73. Sri Lanka
Per capita spending: $89
Total expenditure: $1.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #60/145
29 / 100
#72. Thailand
Per capita spending: $92
Total expenditure: $6.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #31/145
30 / 100
#71. Congo
Per capita spending: $92
Total expenditure: $484.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #85/145
31 / 100
#70. Morocco
Per capita spending: $97
Total expenditure: $3.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #50/145
32 / 100
#69. Angola
Per capita spending: $103
Total expenditure: $3.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #51/145
33 / 100
#68. Sudan
Per capita spending: $108
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #40/145
34 / 100
#67. Malaysia
Per capita spending: $111
Total expenditure: $3.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #49/145
35 / 100
#66. Montenegro
Per capita spending: $118
Total expenditure: $74.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #127/145
36 / 100
#65. Bulgaria
Per capita spending: $122
Total expenditure: $866.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #71/145
37 / 100
#64. Argentina
Per capita spending: $128
Total expenditure: $5.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #33/145
38 / 100
#63. Brazil
Per capita spending: $140
Total expenditure: $29.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #11/145
39 / 100
#62. Hungary
Per capita spending: $146
Total expenditure: $1.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #64/145
40 / 100
#61. Ecuador
Per capita spending: $146
Total expenditure: $2.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #55/145
41 / 100
#60. Malta
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $63.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #132/145
42 / 100
#59. Trinidad & Tobago
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $201.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #110/145
43 / 100
#58. Gabon
Per capita spending: $148
Total expenditure: $298.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #104/145
44 / 100
#57. Armenia
Per capita spending: $151
Total expenditure: $443.6 million
Total expenditure rank: #91/145
45 / 100
#56. Azerbaijan
Per capita spending: $156
Total expenditure: $1.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #63/145
46 / 100
#55. China
Per capita spending: $162
Total expenditure: $228.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #2/145
47 / 100
#54. Namibia
Per capita spending: $171
Total expenditure: $433.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #92/145
48 / 100
#53. Iran
Per capita spending: $179
Total expenditure: $14.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #18/145
49 / 100
#52. Croatia
Per capita spending: $184
Total expenditure: $771.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #74/145
50 / 100
#51. Iraq
Per capita spending: $194
Total expenditure: $7.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #28/145
51 / 100
#50. Colombia
Per capita spending: $198
Total expenditure: $9.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #25/145
52 / 100
#49. Jordan
Per capita spending: $200
Total expenditure: $1.9 billion
Total expenditure rank: #59/145
53 / 100
#48. Romania
Per capita spending: $204
Total expenditure: $4.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #42/145
54 / 100
#47. Slovak Republic
Per capita spending: $207
Total expenditure: $1.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #68/145
55 / 100
#46. Czech Republic
Per capita spending: $210
Total expenditure: $2.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #57/145
56 / 100
#45. Turkey
Per capita spending: $225
Total expenditure: $18.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #15/145
57 / 100
#44. Seychelles
Per capita spending: $229
Total expenditure: $21.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #145/145
58 / 100
#43. Slovenia
Per capita spending: $230
Total expenditure: $477.5 million
Total expenditure rank: #86/145
59 / 100
#42. Botswana
Per capita spending: $232
Total expenditure: $531.2 million
Total expenditure rank: #80/145
60 / 100
#41. Ireland
Per capita spending: $235
Total expenditure: $1.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #69/145
61 / 100
#40. Algeria
Per capita spending: $244
Total expenditure: $10.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #22/145
62 / 100
#39. Poland
Per capita spending: $262
Total expenditure: $10.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #24/145
63 / 100
#38. Latvia
Per capita spending: $264
Total expenditure: $513.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #81/145
64 / 100
#37. Lithuania
Per capita spending: $281
Total expenditure: $811.8 million
Total expenditure rank: #73/145
65 / 100
#36. Chile
Per capita spending: $284
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #35/145
66 / 100
#35. Cyprus
Per capita spending: $335
Total expenditure: $394.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #94/145
67 / 100
#34. Austria
Per capita spending: $340
Total expenditure: $3.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #52/145
68 / 100
#33. Spain
Per capita spending: $350
Total expenditure: $16.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #17/145
69 / 100
#32. Japan
Per capita spending: $356
Total expenditure: $45.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #8/145
70 / 100
#31. Uruguay
Per capita spending: $359
Total expenditure: $1.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #67/145
71 / 100
#30. Portugal
Per capita spending: $365
Total expenditure: $3.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #44/145
72 / 100
#29. Belgium
Per capita spending: $389
Total expenditure: $4.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #39/145
73 / 100
#28. Lebanon
Per capita spending: $401
Total expenditure: $2.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #54/145
74 / 100
#27. Estonia
Per capita spending: $410
Total expenditure: $536.3 million
Total expenditure rank: #79/145
75 / 100
#26. Taiwan
Per capita spending: $447
Total expenditure: $10.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #20/145
76 / 100
#25. Greece
Per capita spending: $456
Total expenditure: $5.1 billion
Total expenditure rank: #36/145
77 / 100
#24. Russia
Per capita spending: $461
Total expenditure: $66.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #4/145
78 / 100
#23. Italy
Per capita spending: $493
Total expenditure: $29.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #12/145
79 / 100
#22. New Zealand
Per capita spending: $495
Total expenditure: $2.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #56/145
80 / 100
#21. Germany
Per capita spending: $540
Total expenditure: $44.3 billion
Total expenditure rank: #9/145
81 / 100
#20. Luxembourg
Per capita spending: $545
Total expenditure: $317.9 million
Total expenditure rank: #102/145
82 / 100
#19. Switzerland
Per capita spending: $546
Total expenditure: $4.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #38/145
83 / 100
#18. Sweden
Per capita spending: $561
Total expenditure: $5.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #34/145
84 / 100
#17. Canada
Per capita spending: $562
Total expenditure: $20.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #14/145
85 / 100
#16. Netherlands
Per capita spending: $590
Total expenditure: $10.0 billion
Total expenditure rank: #23/145
86 / 100
#15. Finland
Per capita spending: $651
Total expenditure: $3.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #47/145
87 / 100
#14. Denmark
Per capita spending: $662
Total expenditure: $3.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #43/145
88 / 100
#13. UK
Per capita spending: $713
Total expenditure: $47.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #7/145
89 / 100
#12. South Korea
Per capita spending: $768
Total expenditure: $39.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #10/145
90 / 100
#11. Brunei
Per capita spending: $809
Total expenditure: $346.7 million
Total expenditure rank: #98/145
91 / 100
#10. France
Per capita spending: $889
Total expenditure: $57.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #6/145
92 / 100
#9. Bahrain
Per capita spending: $936
Total expenditure: $1.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #65/145
93 / 100
#8. Australia
Per capita spending: $1,123
Total expenditure: $27.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #13/145
94 / 100
#7. Norway
Per capita spending: $1,238
Total expenditure: $6.6 billion
Total expenditure rank: #30/145
95 / 100
#6. Kuwait
Per capita spending: $1,651
Total expenditure: $6.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #29/145
96 / 100
#5. Singapore
Per capita spending: $1,786
Total expenditure: $10.2 billion
Total expenditure rank: #21/145
97 / 100
#4. Oman
Per capita spending: $1,874
Total expenditure: $8.7 billion
Total expenditure rank: #26/145
98 / 100
#3. USA
Per capita spending: $1,879
Total expenditure: $609.8 billion
Total expenditure rank: #1/145
99 / 100
#2. Israel
Per capita spending: $1,982
Total expenditure: $16.5 billion
Total expenditure rank: #16/145
100 / 100
#1. Saudi Arabia
Per capita spending: $2,107
Total expenditure: $69.4 billion
Total expenditure rank: #3/145
