Worldwide Armament Expenditures by County


The chart below shows the current ranking for countries around the world and includes reported numbers for active personel, military vehicles, and annual military expenditures in US Dollars.

Country Overal Ranking Active Personnel Tanks Aircraft Nuclear Warheads * Aircraft Carriers Submarines Annual Budget in Dollars
United States 1 1,400,000 6,289 13,264 1750 / 4435 20 66 750,000,000,000
Russia 2 1,013,628 12,950 4,163 1600 / 4900 1 62 48,000,000,000
China 3 2,183,000 3,500 3,210 / 290 2 74 237,000,000,000
India 4 1,444,000 4,292 2,123 / 140 1 16 61,000,000,000
Japan 5 247,160 1,004 1,561 4 20 49,000,000,000
South Korea 6 580,000 2,614 1,649 2 22 44,000,000,000
France 7 268,000 528 1,229 280 / 20 4 9 41,500,000,000
United Kingdom 8 192,660 227 733 120 / 80 2 10 55,100,000,000
Egypt 9 440,000 4,295 1,054 2 8 11,200,000,000
Brazil 10 334,500 437 715 0 6 27,800,000,000
Turkey 11 355,000 2,622 1,055 0 12 19,000,000
Italy 12 175,000 200 860 2 8 27,800,000,000
Germany 13 182,650 245 712 0 6 50,000,000,000
Iran 14 523,000 2,056 509 ** 0 34 19,600,000,000
Pakistan 15 654,000 2,200 1,372 / 160 0 8 11,400,000,000
Indonesia 16 400,000 313 462 0 5 7,600,000,000
Saudi Arabia 17 478,000 1,062 879 0 0 67,600,000,000
Israel 18 170,000 2,760 589 / 90 0 5 20,000,000
Australia 19 60,000 59 464 0 6 26,300,000,000
Spain 20 124,000 327 512 0 3 15,100,000,000
Poland 21 118,000 1,069 457 0 3 12,000,000,000
Vietnam 22 482,000 2,615 293 0 6 5,500,000,000
Thailand 23 360,850 841 570 0 0 7,100,000,000
Canada 24 71,500 80 385 0 4 22,500,000,000
North Korea 25 1,280,000 6,045 949 ** 0 83 1,600,000,000
Taiwan 26 165,000 1,180 744 0 4 10,725,000,000
Ukraine 27 255,000 2,026 297 0 0 5,400,000,000
Algeria 28 130,000 880 551 0 6 13,000,000,000
South Africa 29 66,300 195 226 0 3 4,278,000,000
Switzerland 30 21,000 326 169 0 0 5,000,000,000
Norway 31 24,000 52 150 0 6 7,179,000,000
Sweden 32 30,000 126 204 0 5 6,326,923,600
Greece 33 200,000 1,355 566 0 11 4,844,000,000
Czechia 34 25,000 116 95 0 0 2,969,000,000
Myanmar 35 406,000 434 276 0 1 2,650,000,000
Netherlands 36 35,500 18 168 0 4 12,419,000,000
Colombia 37 295,000 0 469 0 11 10,600,000,000
Mexico 38 277,000 0 484 0 0 7,000,000,000
Romania 39 70,000 943 143 0 0 5,050,000,000
Peru 40 90,000 146 273 0 5 2,560,000,000
Venezuela 41 343,000 390 260 0 2 745,000,000
Nigeria 42 120,000 253 129 0 0 2,155,000,000
Argentina 43 83,515 370 227 0 2 4,200,000,000
Malaysia 44 110,000 74 170 0 2 4,000,000,000
United Arab Emirates 45 64,000 434 538 0 0 22,755,000,000
Bangladesh 46 160,000 276 177 0 2 3,800,000,000
Chile 47 77,000 300 282 0 4 4,250,000,000
Philippines 48 125,000 7 171 0 0 3,470,000,000
Denmark 49 16,000 57 113 0 0 4,760,000,000
Iraq 50 165,000 309 348 0 0 1,730,000,000
Singapore 51 72,500 180 235 0 0 11,200,000,000
Uzbekistan 52 50,000 420 185 0 0 975,000,000
Belarus 53 45,500 532 202 0 0 623,702,800
Hungary 54 25,000 30 47 0 0 2,080,000,000
Syria 55 142,000 4,135 456 0 0 1,800,000,000
Angola 56 107,000 379 295 0 0 7,000,000,000
Morocco 57 310,000 1,443 214 0 0 10,000,000,000
Slovakia 58 16,000 20 47 0 0 2,121,817,575
Finland 59 21,500 200 194 0 0 3,570,000,000
Ethiopia 60 162,000 400 86 0 0 350,000,000
Portugal 61 30,500 133 90 0 2 3,358,000,000
Bulgaria 62 30,000 710 63 0 0 1,079,000,000
Kazakhstan 63 132,000 650 222 0 0 4,000,000,000
Azerbaijan 64 126,000 570 147 0 4 2,805,000,000
Serbia 65 30,000 293 109 0 0 907,000,000
Austria 66 22,500 56 120 0 0 3,380,000,000
Bolivia 67 35,000 54 69 0 0 660,000,000
Ecuador 68 40,000 232 108 0 2 2,500,000,000
Croatia 69 15,500 72 78 0 0 800,000,000
Belgium 70 30,000 0 148 0 0 4,921,000,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo 71 134,000 175 53 0 0 100,000,000
Jordan 72 100,000 1,313 278 0 0 2,600,000,000
Cuba 73 50,000 1,180 80 0 0 500,000,000
Yemen 74 43,500 620 169 0 0 1,400,000,000
Oman 75 42,500 117 131 0 0 8,686,000,000
Sudan 76 104,000 690 190 0 0 2,470,000,000
Turkmenistan 77 22,000 712 72 0 0 200,000,000
Afghanistan 78 175,000 0 260 0 0 12,000,000,000
New Zealand 79 9,000 0 48 0 0 4,300,000,000
Libya 80 30,000 250 114 0 0 3,000,000,000
Tunisia 81 36,000 181 147 0 0 550,000,000
Sri Lanka 82 245,000 202 77 0 0 2,500,000,000
Lithuania 83 18,500 0 10 0 0 1,107,000,000
Kenya 84 24,150 76 150 0 0 121,000,000
Kuwait 85 15,500 367 85 0 0 6,831,000,000
Uganda 86 45,000 371 48 0 0 935,000,000
Chad 87 30,500 60 35 0 0 200,000,000
Zambia 88 15,100 0 108 0 0 40,000,000
Georgia 89 20,000 143 66 0 0 327,000,000
Qatar 90 12,000 92 123 0 0 6,000,000,000
Zimbabwe 91 30,000 42 90 0 0 100,000,000
Guatemala 92 20,000 12 33 0 0 240,000,000
Bahrain 93 8,200 180 109 0 0 1,415,000,000
Tajikistan 94 9,000 253 25 0 0 1,600,000,000
Uruguay 95 25,000 78 50 0 0 4,950,000,000
Mali 96 10,000 80 29 0 0 70,000,000
Burkina Faso 97 11,200 0 16 0 0 130,000,000
Kyrgyzstan 98 11,000 150 5 0 0 20,000,000
Ireland 99 9,000 0 19 0 0 870,000,000
Slovenia 100 7,300 0 38 0 0 581,000,000
Cameroon 101 14,500 0 29 0 0 347,000,000
Latvia 102 5,300 0 5 0 0 724,000,000
Niger 103 5,300 0 16 0 0 325,000,000
Ivory Coast 104 25,500 15 8 0 0 550,000,000
Mongolia 105 10,000 470 9 0 0 155,000,000
Ghana 106 15,500 0 24 0 0 710,000,000
Cambodia 107 125,000 263 22 0 0 604,000,000
Botswana 108 9,000 55 45 0 0 450,000,000
Tanzania 109 30,000 156 34 0 0 223,000,000
Honduras 110 15,000 19 46 0 0 205,000,000
Armenia 111 45,000 110 64 0 0 1,385,000,000
Moldova 112 5,100 0 3 0 0 30,000,000
Paraguay 113 10,500 13 33 0 0 250,000,000
Nicaragua 114 12,000 104 19 0 0 140,000,000
Albania 115 10,000 0 19 0 0 250,000,000
Mozambique 116 11,200 100 16 0 0 245,000,000
South Sudan 117 197,500 110 19 0 0 80,000,000
Lebanon 118 75,000 366 70 0 0 2,500,000,000
Estonia 119 6,500 0 7 0 0 685,000,000
Dominican Republican 120 55,000 6 49 0 0 760,000,000
Republic of the Congo 121 10,000 86 13 0 0 715,000,000
Nepal 122 95,000 0 16 0 0 213,000,000
Montenegro 123 2,000 0 9 0 0 65,000,000
Mauritania 124 16,000 35 28 0 0 50,250,000
Madagascar 125 13,500 12 6 0 0 115,000,000
El Salvador 126 25,000 0 51 0 0 167,000,000
North Macedonia 127 8,000 31 20 0 0 108,152,512
Namibia 128 10,000 7 30 0 0 505,000,000
Central African Republic 129 7,150 4 3 0 0 20,000,000
Gabon 130 5,000 0 23 0 0 83,000,000
Laos 131 30,000 65 33 0 0 18,500,000
Panama 132 10,000 0 39 0 0 500,000,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 133 10,500 320 19 0 0 165,000,000
Sierra Leone 134 8,500 0 5 0 0 75,500,000
Suriname 135 1,850 0 3 0 0 63,000,000
Somalia 136 20,000 10 0 0 0 62,200,000
Liberia 137 2,100 0 0 0 0 13,000,000
Bhutan 138 7,000 0 2 0 0 25,120,000

* Figures based on the Stocholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI 2019 Yearbook, which reports on the current state of international security, and the armament and disarmament of nation states.
The numbers in the column represent Deployed warheads / Other warheads. Other warheads refers to stored or reserved warheads and includes retired and awaiting disamantlement.

** Country with suspected unreported nuclear aresenal.