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Defense Budget by Country (2026)



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Ranking total annual defense spending budget capability by country, from highest to lowest.



Global Firepower tracks the annual defense spending budgets of each participant in the GFP ranking, these being funds allotted by governments to cover various aspects of a standing fighting force - namely procurement, maintenance / support, and pensions.

Data presented on this list is through 2026.
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Defense Budgets (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
$ 831,500,000,000
2
China
CHN
$ 303,000,000,000
3
Russia
RUS
$ 212,638,272,000
4
Germany
GER
$ 127,400,090,000
5
India
IND
$ 109,000,000,000
6
United Kingdom
UKD
$ 88,526,529,585
7
France
FRA
$ 67,232,395,000
8
Saudi Arabia
SAR
$ 63,988,055,520
9
Japan
JPN
$ 58,000,000,000
10
Australia
AUS
$ 57,350,000,000
11
Poland
POL
$ 55,865,141,600
12
Turkiye
TKY
$ 51,400,000,000
13
Canada
CAN
$ 45,824,959,620
14
Ukraine
UKR
$ 45,000,000,000
15
South Korea
SKO
$ 44,800,000,000
16
Spain
SPN
$ 39,000,676,350
17
Italy
ITA
$ 37,325,165,000
18
Israel
ISR
$ 34,600,000,000
19
Netherlands
NTH
$ 31,791,150,000
20
Angola
ANG
$ 31,200,000,000
21
Taiwan
TWN
$ 31,180,000,000
22
Brazil
BRA
$ 26,400,000,000
23
Algeria
ALG
$ 25,000,000,000
24
United Arab Emirates
UAE
$ 23,480,000,000
25
Singapore
SNG
$ 18,000,000,000
26
Morocco
MOR
$ 16,100,000,000
27
Sweden
SWE
$ 15,900,000,000
28
Colombia
COL
$ 15,800,000,000
29
Belgium
BEL
$ 14,900,000,000
30
Denmark
DEN
$ 14,250,000,000
31
Qatar
QTR
$ 11,950,000,000
32
Norway
NOR
$ 11,189,483,200
33
Indonesia
INO
$ 11,155,297,716
34
Romania
ROM
$ 10,230,630,000
35
Vietnam
VET
$ 10,200,000,000
36
Iran
IRN
$ 9,230,000,000
37
Czechia
CZC
$ 9,174,000,000
38
Pakistan
PAK
$ 9,102,115,350
39
Mexico
MEX
$ 9,100,000,000
40
Finland
FIN
$ 8,890,000,000
41
Switzerland
SWZ
$ 8,372,658,426
42
Oman
OMA
$ 8,364,000,000
43
Greece
GRE
$ 8,242,150,000
44
Iraq
IRQ
$ 8,000,000,000
45
Kuwait
KUW
$ 7,987,000,000
46
Chile
CHI
$ 6,800,000,000
47
Portugal
POR
$ 6,760,000,000
48
Philippines
PHL
$ 6,571,641,011
49
Uzbekistan
UZB
$ 6,210,000,000
50
Austria
AST
$ 6,103,900,800
51
Venezuela
VEN
$ 6,060,000,000
52
Thailand
THL
$ 6,006,660,000
53
Hungary
HUN
$ 5,887,250,000
54
Kazakhstan
KAZ
$ 5,836,386,000
55
Lithuania
LIT
$ 5,651,760,000
56
Egypt
EGY
$ 5,193,500,000
57
Malaysia
MLY
$ 5,100,000,000
58
Azerbaijan
AZR
$ 5,100,000,000
59
North Korea
NKO
$ 4,750,000,000
60
Burkina Faso
BKF
$ 4,590,000,000
61
Nigeria
NGA
$ 3,900,000,000
62
Ethiopia
ETH
$ 3,720,968,976
63
Bangladesh
BNG
$ 3,340,000,000
64
Cuba
CUB
$ 3,301,500,000
65
Ecuador
ECU
$ 2,963,400,000
66
Slovakia
SLK
$ 2,900,000,000
67
South Africa
SAF
$ 2,877,000,000
68
Myanmar
MYA
$ 2,815,031,361
69
Serbia
SRB
$ 2,770,000,000
70
Croatia
CRO
$ 2,744,000,000
71
Jordan
JOR
$ 2,668,500,000
72
Peru
PER
$ 2,552,000,000
73
Bulgaria
BUL
$ 2,485,350,000
74
New Zealand
NWZ
$ 2,455,949,332
75
Estonia
EST
$ 2,375,000,000
76
Tunisia
TUN
$ 2,172,751,250
77
Zimbabwe
ZIM
$ 1,976,800,000
78
Uruguay
URU
$ 1,903,440,000
79
Slovenia
SLN
$ 1,782,000,000
80
Ireland
IRE
$ 1,754,400,500
81
Kenya
KEN
$ 1,651,803,025
82
Mongolia
MGL
$ 1,590,000,000
83
Luxembourg
LUX
$ 1,530,685,000
84
Uganda
UGA
$ 1,510,000,000
85
Sri Lanka
SRL
$ 1,500,000,000
86
Armenia
ARM
$ 1,480,000,000
87
Tanzania
TNZ
$ 1,476,113,361
88
Libya
LBY
$ 1,474,800,000
89
Turkmenistan
TKM
$ 1,463,000,000
90
Nicaragua
NIC
$ 1,311,600,000
91
Kosovo
KOS
$ 1,177,450,000
92
Mali
MAL
$ 1,110,000,000
93
Panama
PAN
$ 1,069,750,000
94
El Salvador
ESL
$ 1,037,200,000
95
Belarus
BLR
$ 1,034,784,000
96
Bahrain
BAH
$ 997,015,509
97
Argentina
ARG
$ 993,919,790
98
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
$ 960,000,000
99
Ghana
GHA
$ 954,423,756
100
Republic of the Congo
ROC
$ 933,360,000
101
Dominican Republic
DOM
$ 903,000,000
102
Somalia
SOM
$ 870,000,000
103
Cameroon
CAM
$ 835,694,942
104
Lebanon
LEB
$ 800,000,000
105
Senegal
SEN
$ 777,800,000
106
Cambodia
CMB
$ 750,000,000
107
Albania
ALB
$ 720,037,190
108
Chad
CHD
$ 706,800,000
109
Georgia
GEO
$ 680,000,000
110
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
$ 654,000,000
111
Guatemala
GUA
$ 616,000,000
112
Honduras
HON
$ 612,300,000
113
Botswana
BOT
$ 581,000,000
114
Iceland
ICE
$ 500,000,000
115
Niger
NGR
$ 488,400,000
116
Mozambique
MOZ
$ 480,000,000
117
Bolivia
BOL
$ 467,670,000
118
Namibia
NAM
$ 450,498,000
119
Tajikistan
TJK
$ 450,460,000
120
Sierra Leone
SLE
$ 450,000,000
121
Nepal
NEP
$ 431,355,326
122
North Macedonia
MAC
$ 421,527,100
123
Paraguay
PAR
$ 416,800,000
124
Yemen
YEM
$ 405,187,500
125
Sudan
SDN
$ 394,700,000
126
Zambia
ZAM
$ 385,321,000
127
Laos
LAO
$ 355,600,000
128
Gabon
GAB
$ 340,950,000
129
Central African Republic
CAR
$ 300,000,000
130
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
$ 289,920,000
131
Mauritania
MAU
$ 270,625,000
132
Eritrea
ERI
$ 219,000,000
133
Montenegro
MTN
$ 204,000,000
134
Madagascar
MAD
$ 147,630,000
135
Syria
SYR
$ 145,925,000
136
Afghanistan
AFG
$ 145,000,000
137
Benin
BEN
$ 137,690,000
138
Moldova
MOL
$ 114,114,000
139
Suriname
SRN
$ 58,440,000
140
Latvia
LAT
$ 42,000,000
141
Beliz
BLZ
$ 34,400,000
142
South Sudan
SSD
$ 30,700,000
143
Bhutan
BUT
$ 26,600,000
144
Liberia
LIB
$ 20,700,000
145
Ivory Coast
IVC
$ 18,200,000
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