List of countries by past military expenditure

This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, starting 1987.

Military expenditure of the world from 1950 to 2022 in constant 2021 US$ billions

Methodology

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Figures for the tables below are provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database. They are presented in millions of United States dollars in current prices, converted at the exchange rate for the given year.[1] If there is no data for a particular year, a cell is left blank. Although the database includes statistics for over 150 countries, per SIPRI's Terms and Condition permission is needed to directly reproduce more than 10% of the database.

1987–1989

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Country 1987 1988 1989
  Australia * 5,057 5,836 6,300
  Brazil * 4,324 5,874 8,761
  Canada * 8,694 9,897 10,747
  China * 11,403
  France * 29,280 30,327 29,666
  West Germany * 32,650 33,569 32,142
  India * 10,877 11,346 10,590
  Iran * 15,263 18,889 16,302
  Israel * 5,996 7,000 5,551
  Italy * 15,653 17,404 17,676
  Japan * 23,642 28,216 27,966
  Poland * 1,765 1,784 1,494
  Saudi Arabia * 14,460 13,335 12,750
  South Korea * 6,041 7,732 9,469
  Spain * 7,922 8,900 9,303
  Soviet Union * 225,021 246,011 218,760
  Turkey * 2,890 2,664 3,374
  Great Britain * 31,232 34,304 33,499
  United States * 304,087 309,661 321,867

1990–1999

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Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
  Australia * 6,704 7,024 6,882 6,734 7,460 7,666 8,203 7,937 7.180 7,770
  Brazil * 9,236 6,695 4,994 7,100 10,591 14,319 14,073 13,934 14,357 9,867
  Canada * 11,415 11,339 10,789 10,269 9,577 9,177 8,616 7,945 7,749 8,211
  China * 10,085 9,954 12,420 12,570 10,051 12,606 14,563 16,105 17,528 21,027
  France * 35,774 35,869 37,902 35,775 37,289 40,124 38,978 34,698 33,634 32,673
  Germany * 40,477 37,797 40,139 35,595 34,749 39,367 37,293 31,772 31,704 31,185
  India * 10,537 8,622 8,083 8,254 8,881 9,754 9,905 11,465 11,921 13,096
  Israel * 6,529 9,338 7,313 7,753 7,772 7,946 8,499 8,581 8,096 7,653
  Italy * 20,735 21,586 22,177 18,242 18,063 17,186 20,793 20,156 20,825 21,016
  Japan * 28,800 32,785 35,999 41,354 45,286 49,962 44,047 40,047 37,849 43,123
  Russia * 7,767 13,548 12,742 15,826 17,557 7,956 6,469
  Saudi Arabia * 16,355 16,355 15,360 16,451 14,280 13,200 13,340 18,127 20,862 18,320
  South Korea * 10,111 10,957 11,615 12,377 13,519 16,085 16,409 14,848 10,458 12,095
  Spain * 11,695 11,680 12,250 10,042 10,093 11,440 11,294 9,866 10,333 11,114
  Soviet Union * 219,114
  Turkey * 5,315 5,671 6,158 7,075 5,293 6,606 7,512 7,729 8,781 9,952
  Great Britain * 38,944 42,074 40,775 34,086 34,494 34,248 34,491 35,675 36,866 36,453
  United States * 325,129 299,373 325,034 316,719 308,084 295,853 287,961 293,168 290,996 298,095

2000–2009

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Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  Australia * 7,274 7,043 7,947 9,927 11,995 13,238 14,240 17,186 18,633 18,960
  Brazil * 11,344 10,930 9,665 8,393 9,780 13,589 16,405 20,486 24,453 25,649
  Canada * 8,299 8,376 8,495 9,958 11,336 12,988 14,810 17,417 19,342 18,936
  China * 22,930 27,875 32,138 35,126 40,353 45,729 55,338 68,011 86,362 105,644
  France * 28,403 27,952 30,578 38,569 44,525 44,442 45,792 50,684 55,366 56,441
  Germany * 26,925 26,232 28,057 33,529 36,353 36,398 36,435 41,116 46,460 46,120
  India * 14,228 14,601 14,750 16,334 20,239 23,072 23,952 28,255 33,002 38,722
  Israel * 8,327 8,504 7,982 8,225 8,605 8,922 9,315 11,382 13,804 12,754
  Italy * 19,879 19,519 21,610 26,824 30,261 29,738 29,633 31,982 36,840 34,054
  Japan * 45,510 40,758 39,334 42,486 45,340 44,301 41,553 40,530 46,361 51,465
  Russia * 9,228 11,683 13,944 16,974 20,995 27,337 34,518 43,535 56,184 51,532
  Saudi Arabia * 19,964 21,027 18,502 18,747 20,910 25,392 29,581 35,470 38,223 41,267
  South Korea * 13,801 12,942 14,102 15,847 17,830 22,160 25,177 27,726 26,072 24,576
  Spain * 10,274 10,222 10,271 12,881 15,262 15,998 17,252 20,066 22,228 20,178
  Turkey * 9,994 7,216 9,050 10,278 10,921 12,081 13,363 14,988 16,810 16,048
  United Arab Emirates * 5,876 5,789 5,354 5,835 6,817 6,604 7,165 8,461 11,572 13,836
  Great Britain * 35,255 35,332 39,660 46,943 53,970 55,152 57,483 65,986 65,619 57,915
  United States * 320,086 331,806 378,463 440,532 492,999 533,203 558,335 589,586 656,756 705,917

2010–2019

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Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  Australia * 23,218 26,597 26,217 24,825 25,784 24,046 26,383 27,691 26,840 25,912
  Brazil * 34,003 36,936 33,987 32,876 32,660 24,618 24,225 29,283 28,177 26,946
  Canada * 19,361 21,394 20,452 18,516 17,854 17,938 17,783 22,270 22,729 22,198
  China * 115,712 137,967 157,390 179,880 200,772 214,471 216,404 228,466 253,492 261,082
  France * 52,044 54,121 50,217 52,001 53,135 45,647 47,371 49,196 51,410 50,119
  Germany * 44,853 46,766 44,470 44,866 44,216 37,020 39,725 42,366 46,512 49,277
  India * 46,090 49,634 47,217 47,404 50,914 51,296 56,638 64,559 66,258 71,125
  Israel 13,875 15,163 14,601 16,325 17,810 16,517 17,488 19,434 19,759 20,465
  Italy * 32,021 33,829 29,781 29,957 27,701 22,181 25,033 26,448 27,808 26,790
  Japan * 54,655 60,762 60,012 49,024 46,881 42,106 46,472 45,387 46,618 47,609
  Russia * 58,720 70,238 81,469 88,353 84,697 66,418 69,245 66,527 61,388 65,103
  Saudi Arabia * 45,245 48,531 56,498 67,020 80,726 87,186 63,673 70,400 74,400 61,867
  South Korea * 28,175 30,992 31,952 34,137 37,552 36,571 36,885 39,171 43,070 43,891
  Spain * 19,711 19,695 18,861 17,243 17,179 15,189 14,015 16,044 17,823 17,177
  Turkey * 17,650 17,006 17,694 18,428 17,577 15,669 17,828 17,823 19,649 20,448
  United Arab Emirates * 17,505 19,182 19,024 23,561 22,755 - - -
  Great Britain * 58,083 60,270 58,496 56,862 59,183 53,862 48,119 46,433 49,892 48,650
  United States * 738,005 752,288 725,205 679,229 647,789 633,830 639,856 646,753 682,491 731,751

2020–2023

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Country 2020 2021 2022 2023
  Algeria * 9,708 9,112 9,145 18,264
  Australia * 27,300 32,718 32,445 32,340
  Brazil * 19,591 19,187 20,542 22,887
  Canada * 23,082 25,362 25,567 27,221
  China * 257,973 285,930 291,958 296,438
  France * 52,747 56,647 53,638 61,301
  Germany * 53,318 56,513 56,153 66,826
  Great Britain * 58,332 65,136 64,081 74,942
  India * 72,937 76,348 79,976 83,574
  Israel * 21,816 24,341 23,406 27,498
  Italy * 32,929 36,232 34,691 35,528
  Japan * 51,396 50,957 46,880 50,161
  Netherlands * 13,085 14,395 13,632 16,624
  Poland * 13,718 15,295 15,341 31,649
  Russia * 61,712 65,907 102,366 109,454
  Saudi Arabia * 64,558 63,194 70,920 75,813
  South Korea * 46,117 50,873 46,365 47,925
  Spain * 17,431 19,544 20,306 23,699
  Taiwan * 12,029 13,932 15,261 16,612
  Turkey * 17,478 15,567 10,779 15,827
  Ukraine * 6,838 6,898 41,183 64,753
  United States * 778,397 806,230 860,692 916,014

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Military Expenditure Database, sipri.org, Accessed 18 May 2020 (Download data for all countries from 1949-2019 as an Excel spreadsheet.)