Military expenditure in Europe

39 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
34.5 %
Ukraine
Median country
2.0 %
half above, half below
World
2.5 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.2 to 34.5
Ireland - Ukraine

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Across 39 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Ukraine (34.5 %) and the lowest in Ireland (0.2 %).

The median country is at 2.0 %: half are above, half below.

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

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Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases · via World Bank WDI (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS) · licence

Military spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Ukraine34.5
2Russia7.1
3Poland4.2
4Estonia3.4
5Latvia3.3
6Greece3.1
7Lithuania3.1
8Serbia2.6
9Denmark2.4
10Finland2.3
11Romania2.3
12United Kingdom2.3
13Hungary2.2
14Bulgaria2.1
15North Macedonia2.1
16Norway2.1
17Belarus2.1
18France2.1
19Albania2.0
20Slovakia2.0
21Sweden2.0
22Czechia1.9
23Netherlands1.9
24Germany1.9
25Montenegro1.8
26Croatia1.8
27Italy1.6
28Portugal1.5
29Kosovo1.5
30Spain1.4
31Slovenia1.3
32Belgium1.3
33Austria1.0
34Luxembourg1.0
35Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7
36Switzerland0.7
37Moldova0.6
38Malta0.5
39Ireland0.2
World Bank, WDI · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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