It is the government’s responsibility to ensure a nation-state’s safety. People, economics, and institutions are all part of it. A considerable expenditure is needed to build and sustain national security in many nations across the globe.
Among the world’s countries, only 36 don’t have an army.
We must spend money on defense and the military to keep our country safe. Spending on the Department of Defense, war, nuclear weapons, and other Pentagon-related operations is included in the United States category.
In 2019, the global military budget amounted to around $1.917 trillion. The top 10 nations in terms of military expenditures are as follows:

750 billion dollars in the United States ($237 billion) China Saudi Arabia ($67.6 billion) is the world’s largest oil exporter.
A total of $61 billion was spent in India. (55.1% of GDP) United Kingdom, Germany (50 billion) Japan’s ($49 billion) share of the global economy. In comparison, Russia has a budget of $48 billion (44 billion) South Korea and France has a GDP of $41.5 billion.
Spending on defense in the United States exceeds that of the following seven nations. In 2020, the United States will spend $750 billion on the military, which is more than the following seven nations (China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, the UK, and Germany).
Social Security and Medicare are the second and third most costly government programs, respectively, in the United States. The United States has spent more on defense than any other G-7 country in the last several decades. Military personnel in the United States total 1.358 million.
After the United States, China will spend $237 billion on the military in 2020. Less than half of the United States spent on the same project. China has steadily raised its military budget for the previous two decades, and in 2018 it was ten times larger than in 1994.
Also See: Countries Without A Military 2022
Up to one year of forced military service is required in France, one of the world’s greatest defense spenders. In addition, Russia mandates one year of military duty, whereas South Korea needs military service lasting more than 18 months.
Country | 2019 Spending | 2020 Spending (as 2019 USD $) | 2015 Spending (as 2019 USD $) | % GDP 2020 | % GDP 2019 | % GDP 2015 | 2022 Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 734344000000 | 766583000000 | 683678000000 | 3.7000 | 3 | 3.5000 | 334805.2690 |
China | 240333000000 | 244934000000 | 192843000000 | 1.7000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 1448471.4000 |
India | 71469000000 | 73001000000 | 56773000000 | 2.9000 | 2 | 2.5000 | 1406631.7760 |
Russia | 65201000000 | 66838000000 | 74649000000 | 4.3000 | 3 | 4.9000 | 145805.9470 |
Saudi Arabia | 61952000000 | 55535000000 | 88520000000 | 8.4000 | 7 | 13.3000 | 35844.9090 |
United Kingdom | 56856000000 | 58485000000 | 53996000000 | 2.2000 | 2 | 2 | 68497.9070 |
France | 50119000000 | 51572000000 | 48033000000 | 2.1000 | 1 | 1.9000 | 65584.5180 |
Germany | 49008000000 | 51570000000 | 40566000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 83883.5960 |
Japan | 47609000000 | 48160000000 | 47600000000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 125584.8380 |
South Korea | 43891000000 | 46056000000 | 37210000000 | 2.8000 | 2 | 2.5000 | 51329.8990 |
Italy | 26381000000 | 28370000000 | 23043000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 60262.7700 |
Australia | 26079000000 | 27618000000 | 23797000000 | 2.1000 | 1 | 2 | 26068.7920 |
Brazil | 25907000000 | 25101000000 | 25111000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.4000 | 215353.5930 |
Canada | 22204000000 | 22854000000 | 18577000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 38388.4190 |
Turkey | 20603000000 | 19567000000 | 12036000000 | 2.8000 | 2 | 1.8000 | 85561.9760 |
Israel | 20504000000 | 21065000000 | 18257000000 | 5.6000 | 5 | 5.5000 | 8922.8920 |
Spain | 17189000000 | 17160000000 | 15972000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.3000 | 46719.1420 |
Iran | 12528000000 | 12151000000 | 13962000000 | 2.2000 | 2 | 2.8000 | 86022.8370 |
Netherlands | 12001000000 | 12211000000 | 9289000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 17211.4470 |
Poland | 11786000000 | 12815000000 | 10594000000 | 2.2000 | 2 | 2.1000 | 37739.7850 |
Taiwan | 10993000000 | 11597000000 | 10578000000 | 1.9000 | 1 | 1.9000 | 23888.5950 |
Singapore | 10662000000 | 11020000000 | 9557000000 | 3.2000 | 2 | 3 | 5943.5460 |
Pakistan | 10388000000 | 10097000000 | 8143000000 | 4 | 4 | 3.6000 | 229488.9940 |
Algeria | 10304000000 | 9958000000 | 10484000000 | 6.7000 | 6 | 6.3000 | 45350.1480 |
Colombia | 10168000000 | 10133000000 | 9146000000 | 3.4000 | 3 | 3.1000 | 51512.7620 |
Indonesia | 9003000000 | 9488000000 | 8214000000 | 0.9000 | 0 | 0.9000 | 279134.5050 |
Iraq | 7599000000 | 6994000000 | 9493000000 | 4.1000 | 3 | 5.4000 | 42164.9650 |
Norway | 7520000000 | 7514000000 | 5907000000 | 1.9000 | 1 | 1.5000 | 5511.3700 |
Kuwait | 7374000000 | 6940000000 | 6086000000 | 6.5000 | 5 | 5 | 4380.3260 |
Thailand | 7286000000 | 7362000000 | 6423000000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 1.4000 | 70078.2030 |
Mexico | 6651000000 | 6607000000 | 5340000000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 131562.7720 |
Oman | 6551000000 | 6663000000 | 7817000000 | 10.9000 | 8 | 10.9000 | 5323.9930 |
Sweden | 5840000000 | 6234000000 | 5126000000 | 1.2000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 10218.9710 |
Greece | 5472000000 | 5237000000 | 4921000000 | 2.8000 | 2 | 2.5000 | 10316.6370 |
Ukraine | 5419000000 | 5995000000 | 3905000000 | 4.1000 | 3 | 3.3000 | 43192.1220 |
Chile | 5182000000 | 5036000000 | 4797000000 | 1.9000 | 1 | 1.9000 | 19250.1950 |
Switzerland | 5114000000 | 5428000000 | 4439000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.6000 | 8773.6370 |
Belgium | 4761000000 | 5330000000 | 4573000000 | 1.1000 | 0 | 0.9000 | 11668.2780 |
Romania | 4613000000 | 5579000000 | 2647000000 | 2.3000 | 1 | 1.5000 | 19031.3350 |
Denmark | 4557000000 | 4838000000 | 3496000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 5834.9500 |
Bangladesh | 4349000000 | 4335000000 | 3230000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1.4000 | 167885.6890 |
Portugal | 4278000000 | 4557000000 | 3740000000 | 2.1000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 10140.5700 |
Malaysia | 3769000000 | 3910000000 | 4605000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 1.5000 | 33181.0720 |
Egypt | 3744000000 | 4016000000 | 4816000000 | 1.2000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 106156.6920 |
Morocco | 3721000000 | 4794000000 | 3495000000 | 4.3000 | 3 | 3.2000 | 37772.7560 |
Finland | 3630000000 | 3986000000 | 3543000000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 1.4000 | 5554.9600 |
Philippines | 3472000000 | 3495000000 | 3294000000 | 1 | 0 | 1.1000 | 112508.9940 |
South Africa | 3436000000 | 3475000000 | 3759000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 60756.1350 |
Austria | 3238000000 | 3494000000 | 2870000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.7000 | 9066.7100 |
Argentina | 3133000000 | 3143000000 | 3613000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.9000 | 46010.2340 |
New Zealand | 2927000000 | 3008000000 | 1945000000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 4898.2030 |
Peru | 2767000000 | 2720000000 | 3500000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 33684.2080 |
Lebanon | 2521000000 | 1036000000 | 2503000000 | 3 | 4 | 4.5000 | 6684.8490 |
Ecuador | 2400000000 | 2244000000 | 2655000000 | 2.4000 | 2 | 2.6000 | 18113.3610 |
Myanmar | 2225000000 | 3141000000 | 3817000000 | 2.9000 | 2 | 4.3000 | 55227.1430 |
Bulgaria | 2159000000 | 1210000000 | 686000000 | 1.8000 | 3 | 1.2000 | 6844.5970 |
Hungary | 2051000000 | 2463000000 | 1189000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 0.9000 | 9606.2590 |
Jordan | 2032000000 | 2083000000 | 1743000000 | 5 | 4 | 4.3000 | 10300.8690 |
Kazakhstan | 1929000000 | 1752000000 | 1625000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 19205.0430 |
Nigeria | 1860000000 | 2403000000 | 1861000000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0.4000 | 216746.9340 |
Azerbaijan | 1854000000 | 2173000000 | 2330000000 | 5.4000 | 3 | 5.5000 | 10300.2050 |
Slovakia | 1803000000 | 1778000000 | 1056000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 5460.1930 |
Sri Lanka | 1700000000 | 1560000000 | 1852000000 | 1.9000 | 2 | 2.6000 | 21575.8420 |
Bahrain | 1558000000 | 1405000000 | 1550000000 | 4.1000 | 4 | 4.6000 | 1783.9830 |
Angola | 1471000000 | 1301000000 | 2825000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 3.1000 | 35027.3430 |
Uruguay | 1155000000 | 1260000000 | 1017000000 | 2.3000 | 2 | 1.8000 | 3496.0160 |
Serbia | 1144000000 | 1086000000 | 813000000 | 2.1000 | 2 | 1.8000 | 8653.0160 |
Kenya | 1117000000 | 1097000000 | 1027000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 1.3000 | 56215.2210 |
Ireland | 1113000000 | 1126000000 | 1024000000 | 0.3000 | 0 | 0.3000 | 5020.1990 |
Lithuania | 1094000000 | 1135000000 | 523000000 | 2.1000 | 2 | 1.1000 | 2661.7080 |
Croatia | 1002000000 | 1031000000 | 935000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 4059.2860 |
Tunisia | 1001000000 | 1046000000 | 820000000 | 2.9000 | 2 | 2.3000 | 12046.6560 |
Belarus | 774000000 | 785000000 | 710000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1.3000 | 9432.8000 |
Sudan | 722000000 | 457000000 | 1152000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 2.7000 | 45992.0200 |
Latvia | 692000000 | 739000000 | 310000000 | 2.3000 | 2 | 1 | 1848.8370 |
Armenia | 652000000 | 635000000 | 461000000 | 4.9000 | 4 | 4.2000 | 2971.9660 |
Uganda | 648000000 | 948000000 | 315000000 | 2.6000 | 1 | 1 | 48432.8630 |
Estonia | 637000000 | 687000000 | 513000000 | 2.3000 | 2 | 2 | 1321.9100 |
Tanzania | 619000000 | 639000000 | 529000000 | 1 | 1 | 1.1000 | 63298.5500 |
Dominican Republic | 613000000 | 627000000 | 445000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.6000 | 11056.3700 |
Bolivia | 598000000 | 598000000 | 638000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 11992.6560 |
Cambodia | 595000000 | 635000000 | 361000000 | 2.4000 | 2 | 1.8000 | 17168.6390 |
Slovenia | 573000000 | 562000000 | 424000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 0.9000 | 2078.0340 |
Zimbabwe | 547000000 | 0 | 1083000000 | 0 | 1.9000 | 15331.4280 | |
Ethiopia | 545000000 | 460000000 | 489000000 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0.7000 | 120812.6980 |
Ivory Coast | 536000000 | 589000000 | 579000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 27742.2980 |
Botswana | 515000000 | 571000000 | 407000000 | 3.5000 | 2 | 2.7000 | 2441.1620 |
Mali | 476000000 | 580000000 | 308000000 | 3.3000 | 2 | 2.4000 | 21473.7640 |
Nepal | 429000000 | 425000000 | 369000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.6000 | 30225.5820 |
Luxembourg | 429000000 | 479000000 | 294000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 642.3710 |
Cameroon | 422000000 | 376000000 | 375000000 | 1 | 1 | 1.1000 | 27911.5480 |
Brunei | 415000000 | 440000000 | 424000000 | 4.1000 | 3 | 3.3000 | 445.4310 |
Namibia | 414000000 | 417000000 | 561000000 | 3.3000 | 3 | 4.4000 | 2633.8740 |
Honduras | 407000000 | 392000000 | 365000000 | 1.7000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 10221.2470 |
Cyprus | 402000000 | 414000000 | 334000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 1223.3870 |
Paraguay | 376000000 | 391000000 | 378000000 | 1 | 1 | 1.1000 | 7305.8430 |
Burkina Faso | 358000000 | 368000000 | 150200000 | 2.7000 | 2 | 1.4000 | 22102.8380 |
Senegal | 357000000 | 378000000 | 226000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 17653.6710 |
DR Congo | 353000000 | 364000000 | 525000000 | 0.7000 | 0 | 1.3000 | 95240.7920 |
Guatemala | 332000000 | 337000000 | 295000000 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0.4000 | 18584.0390 |
El Salvador | 317000000 | 371000000 | 255000000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 6550.3890 |
Georgia | 311000000 | 304000000 | 281000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 2 | 3968.7380 |
Republic of the Congo | 300000000 | 286000000 | 0 | 3.4000 | 2 | 5797.8050 | |
Zambia | 292000000 | 262000000 | 367000000 | 1.2000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 19470.2340 |
Gabon | 267000000 | 259000000 | 193000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 2331.5330 |
Jamaica | 265000000 | 247000000 | 125000000 | 1.7000 | 1 | 0.9000 | 2985.0940 |
Niger | 248000000 | 225000000 | 0 | 2.4000 | 2 | 26083.6600 | |
Chad | 235000000 | 308000000 | 225000000 | 3.1000 | 2 | 2 | 17413.5800 |
Ghana | 233000000 | 237000000 | 209000000 | 0.4000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 32395.4500 |
Afghanistan | 226000000 | 262000000 | 177000000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1 | 40754.3880 |
Mozambique | 217000000 | 166000000 | 133000000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 0.8000 | 33089.4610 |
Guinea | 198000000 | 201000000 | 249200000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 2.5000 | 13865.6910 |
Albania | 197000000 | 216000000 | 162000000 | 1.5000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 2866.3740 |
South Sudan | 186000000 | 0 | 1386000000 | 3 | 10.6000 | 11618.5110 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 173000000 | 157000000 | 204000000 | 0.7000 | 0 | 0.8000 | 1406.5850 |
Togo | 170600000 | 112000000 | 72000000 | 2 | 3 | 1.7000 | 8680.8370 |
Mauritania | 162000000 | 199000000 | 130000000 | 2.5000 | 2 | 2.1000 | 4901.9810 |
Equatorial Guinea | 160700000 | 0 | 144400000 | 1 | 1 | 1496.6620 | |
North Macedonia | 146000000 | 154000000 | 104000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1 | 2081.3040 |
Kyrgyzstan | 129000000 | 130000000 | 115000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 6728.2710 |
Rwanda | 124100000 | 142000000 | 99400000 | 1.4000 | 1 | 1.3000 | 13600.4640 |
Mongolia | 100000000 | 107000000 | 92000000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 0.9000 | 3378.0780 |
Malawi | 87000000 | 85000000 | 46200000 | 1.1000 | 1 | 0.6000 | 20180.8390 |
Eswatini | 86500000 | 82000000 | 80000000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 1.8000 | 1184.8170 |
Burundi | 84700000 | 65000000 | 66700000 | 2 | 2 | 2.2000 | 12624.8400 |
Tajikistan | 84000000 | 80000000 | 85600000 | 1 | 1 | 1.3000 | 9957.4640 |
Malta | 83600000 | 78000000 | 54800000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 444.0330 |
Papua New Guinea | 80800000 | 87000000 | 102000000 | 0.4000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 9292.1690 |
Fiji | 79500000 | 75000000 | 47300000 | 1.8000 | 1 | 0.9000 | 909.4660 |
Montenegro | 77700000 | 100000000 | 60400000 | 2.1000 | 1 | 1.4000 | 627.9500 |
Nicaragua | 76900000 | 78000000 | 97600000 | 0.7000 | 0 | 0.8000 | 6779.1000 |
Madagascar | 76600000 | 87000000 | 62800000 | 0.7000 | 0 | 0.6000 | 29178.0770 |
Benin | 68100000 | 68000000 | 92600000 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0.8000 | 12784.7260 |
Guyana | 67200000 | 65000000 | 48800000 | 1.2000 | 1 | 1.5000 | 794.0450 |
Lesotho | 44800000 | 41000000 | 47700000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 2175.6990 |
Moldova | 43000000 | 43000000 | 30600000 | 0.4000 | 0 | 0.3000 | 4013.1710 |
Central African Republic | 41000000 | 39000000 | 30800000 | 1.9000 | 1 | 1.7000 | 5016.6780 |
Timor-Leste | 34400000 | 38000000 | 38000000 | 1.2000 | 1 | 1.2000 | 1369.4290 |
Sierra Leone | 25600000 | 20000000 | 35300000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0.9000 | 8306.4360 |
Belize | 24500000 | 24000000 | 20600000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 412.1900 |
Seychelles | 23500000 | 24000000 | 20000000 | 1.6000 | 1 | 1.3000 | 99.4260 |
Guinea-Bissau | 22600000 | 22000000 | 17900000 | 1.7000 | 1 | 1.6000 | 2063.3670 |
Mauritius | 22000000 | 19000000 | 18300000 | 0.2000 | 0 | 0.1000 | 1274.7270 |
Liberia | 19200000 | 15000000 | 31000000 | 1.3000 | 1 | 1.1000 | 5305.1170 |
Gambia | 14500000 | 14000000 | 15600000 | 0.8000 | 0 | 1 | 2558.4820 |
Cape Verde | 9700000 | 11000000 | 9200000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0.6000 | 567.6780 |
Venezuela | 411300 | 0 | 9500 | 0.9000 | 29266.9910 | ||
Haiti | 100000 | 0 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11680.2830 |
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 4821000000 | 2.4000 | 98953.5410 | ||
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5182.3540 |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4446.9640 |