List of countries by military expenditures

This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. Some of the information is from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's "World Factbook".

Note that for some countries, no information was available to the World Factbook's compilers; these countries were omitted from the list. Consequently, the total world expenditure on armed forces is likely to be somewhat higher than that given.

Chart by country or organization

Comparisons between figures in this table should be used with caution. There are comparison issues inherent with these figures: for example France, Italy and Spain include in their defence expenditures the costs of maintaining the Gendarmerie, Carabinieri and Guardia Civil- all of which are primarily domestic police forces. On the other hand some countries account military expenses under other budget voices: for example China and Russia categorize spending on nuclear weapons, missile and fighter development as scientific expenses, spending on training are categorized under the education budget, and veteran pensions are afforded by welfare budget.

ee also

*Military budget of the United States
*List of countries by size of armed forces
*List of countries without an army

Notes

References

* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2067rank.html Military expenditures, The World Factbook, CIA]