List of countries by past and projected military expenditure (constant US$)

This is a list of countries by past and projected military expenditure in constant US$ exchange rates.

Methodology

Figures for the tables below are provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute data base. They are presented in billions of constant 2011 USD$ exchange rates. Although the database includes statistics for over 150 countries, only countries possessing the largest military expenditures are listed here.

1970–1979

N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Country 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Australia 11.9 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.9 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.3 Brazil Canada 11.4 12.3 12.3 13.0 13.8 13.9 14.6 15.2 14.8 China 2.8 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.6 France 46.5 47.7 49.5 49.3 61.5 53.7 56.7 59.9 61.3 Germany 53.3 57.7 59.9 62.5 62.3 61.8 61.5 64.2 65.1 India 6.7 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.2 Israel 9.2 13.8 14.7 16.2 15.0 12.9 14.0 13.1 Italy 21.2 23.5 23.4 24.7 21.8 21.7 23.3 24.3 25.8 Japan 26.9 26.2 25.5 24.7 24.0 25.8 27.1 29.1 Netherlands 9.9 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.5 13.7 Saudi Arabia 11.4 17.0 18.2 20.0 18.5 15.9 17.3 16.2 South Korea 3.2 5.5 6.6 7.7 8.1 Spain 8.5 8.9 9.2 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.1 10.5 12.5 Soviet Union 65.9 69.8 71.1 73.7 74.9 76.1 78.5 82.2 97.7 Turkey 3.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.6 4.8 5.2 4.9 United Kingdom 27.0 28.6 29.4 30.2 30.7 31.2 32.2 33.7 40.1 United States 462.6 415.9 417.7 396.8 391.7 369.4 395.7 374.6 376.6 378.9

1980–1989

N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Australia 13.0 13.9 14.7 15.2 15.9 16.9 17.2 16.6 15.9 15.8 Brazil 18.6 Canada 15.5 15.5 16.7 18.0 19.2 19.7 20.1 20.5 20.9 20.8 China 5.4 5.7 6.3 6.4 6.4 8.3 10.9 13.0 14.3 18.3 France 62.5 64.1 65.3 66.5 66.1 66.0 68.0 70.0 69.9 70.8 Germany 65.9 66.7 65.8 66.4 65.7 65.9 67.6 68.9 68.3 68.1 India 8.5 9.0 9.7 10.1 10.7 11.9 14.1 15.3 18.2 19.3 Israel 14.0 16.3 15.6 14.1 15.6 15.2 12.5 14.4 16.0 13.9 Italy 25.2 26.5 29.6 30.2 31.1 30.8 32.9 35.8 38.0 38.3 Japan 30.0 31.3 33.2 35.4 36.8 38.5 40.8 43.8 45.7 46.8 Netherlands 13.3 13.4 14.5 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.6 13.8 13.9 Saudi Arabia 27.6 31.7 35.3 28.7 30.8 25.4 24.0 22.6 20.7 19.5 South Korea 8.7 9.2 10.1 10.1 10.0 10.8 11.9 13.2 14.3 14.8 Spain 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.7 15.3 14.9 16.9 15.8 16.3 Soviet Union 110.1 128.4 132.9 137.9 146.5 149.0 157.2 161.6 371.3 344.6 Turkey 8.3 9.3 10.2 9.7 9.4 10.0 11.2 10.7 9.4 10.9 United Kingdom 45.2 52.7 56.8 59.0 61.8 62.5 61.5 60.9 58.9 59.4 United States 377.3 420.4 497.9 482.5 501.1 539.7 577.0 570.1 557.5 551.8

1990–1999

N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Australia 15.8 15.8 16.1 16.8 17.0 16.6 16.3 16.4 17.2 18.1 Brazil 15.2 15.7 12.4 17.0 20.3 22.8 21.2 21.1 22.6 23.2 Canada 20.8 19.2 18.8 18.8 18.4 17.5 16.0 14.8 15.2 15.9 China 19.8 20.8 25.3 23.4 22.4 23.0 25.4 26.3 29.9 34.4 France 70.5 70.9 68.7 67.9 68.3 64.9 63.3 63.6 61.9 62.5 Germany 71.8 67.9 64.6 58.1 54.2 53.3 52.2 50.3 50.5 51.5 India 19.2 18.1 17.2 19.2 19.5 20.0 20.3 22.4 23.7 27.0 Israel 14.1 18.6 14.1 15.1 14.2 12.5 13.3 13.7 13.7 13.8 Italy 36.8 37.4 36.3 36.5 35.6 32.5 35.8 37.6 38.8 40.3 Japan 48.1 49.7 52.6 54.7 56.2 56.8 57.1 57.2 57.8 59.3 Russia 72.2 63.8 62.1 36.8 32.5 36.0 23.0 23.8 Saudi Arabia 24.6 23.4 22.0 23.3 20.1 17.7 17.7 24.1 27.8 24.8 South Korea 15.0 15.5 16.4 17.1 17.6 18.6 19.6 20.0 19.3 18.8 Spain 15.3 14.8 13.7 14.9 13.4 13.9 13.6 13.7 13.5 13.8 Soviet Union 291.0 153.9 Turkey 13.2 13.6 14.3 15.8 15.4 15.9 17.8 18.5 19.4 21.4 United Kingdom 59.8 60.5 56.2 53.3 51.8 48.7 48.3 46.7 47.0 46.9 United States 527.1 463.0 489.2 463.5 435.2 411.6 389.2 387.2 378.5 379.4

2000–2009

N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Australia 18.3 19.0 19.8 20.1 20.9 21.6 22.9 24.2 25.3 26.9 Brazil 25.1 29.1 29.5 23.5 24.4 26.5 27.4 29.5 31.4 34.3 Canada 15.7 16.1 16.2 16.5 17.1 17.9 18.7 20.4 22.0 22.9 China 37.0 45.4 52.8 57.3 63.5 71.4 84.0 96.9 106.7 128.8 France 61.7 61.5 62.8 64.7 66.5 65.1 65.4 65.6 65.0 69.4 Germany 50.7 49.9 50.0 49.3 47.8 47.1 46.0 46.0 47.3 49.1 India 27.9 28.8 28.8 29.4 34.1 36.4 36.7 37.2 42.3 50.0 Israel 14.4 15.3 17.2 17.2 16.5 15.8 16.9 16.4 15.7 15.9 Italy 43.0 42.3 43.5 43.8 44.0 42.3 40.9 39.7 41.1 40.0 Japan 60.1 60.1 60.5 61.4 61.1 61.2 60.9 60.5 59.5 59.9 Russia 32.5 36.0 40.0 42.6 44.3 50.5 56.4 61.8 67.9 71.5 Saudi Arabia 27.3 29.1 25.5 25.7 28.6 34.4 39.2 45.2 44.4 45.6 South Korea 20.0 20.6 21.1 21.5 22.8 24.7 25.6 26.7 28.5 30.1 Spain 14.3 14.5 14.8 14.7 15.2 15.3 17.9 18.5 18.5 17.8 Turkey 20.7 19.0 20.2 18.2 16.6 15.7 16.5 15.9 16.1 17.2 United Arab Emirates 10.0 9.6 8.6 9.1 10.2 9.3 9.2 9.8 11.9 14.0 United Kingdom 48.0 50.0 53.3 57.1 57.8 58.4 58.8 60.7 63.6 64.6 United States 394.1 397.3 446.1 507.7 553.4 579.8 588.8 604.2 649.0 701.0

2010–2019

N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Australia 27.3 27.0 25.8 24.6 Brazil 38.1 36.9 36.7 36.1 Canada 22.8 23.4 22.4 18.7 China 136.4 146.1 157.6 171.3 France 62.2 62.7 62.5 62.2 57.9 Germany 49.6 48.1 48.6 49.2 India 50.5 50.6 49.3 48.0 Israel 15.3 15.1 15.5 16.1 Italy 38.8 37.6 35.7 32.6 Japan 58.8 59.5 59.2 59.4 57.3 Russia 72.9 78.3 80.6 84.8 86.7 Saudi Arabia 47.5 48.5 54.2 58.7 65.2 87.2 South Korea 29.9 30.8 31.4 32.3 40.6 Spain 15.9 13.9 12.1 12.8 Turkey 16.9 17.6 17.9 18.6 United Arab Emirates 17.6 19.1 14.2 18.8 United Kingdom 63.4 60.9 67.2 73.2 74.2 76.0 United States 720.3 711.4 668.8 618.6 632.2 604.5

2045

A 2014 academic report from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence outlines projected defense expenditure of major powers for the year 2045.

Rank	Country	Spending in PPP ($ Bn.)
1	United States	1,335
2	China	1,270
3	India	654
4	Russia	295
5	United Kingdom	108
6	Brazil	97
7	France	87
8	Japan	67
9	Germany	63

See also

• Military budget
• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries by past and projected military expenditure (current US$)
• List of countries by military expenditure per capita