Military expenditure in North America

12 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.4 %
United States
Median country
0.9 %
half above, half below
World
2.5 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.1 to 3.4
Haiti - United States

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Across 12 countries in North America, the highest value is in United States (3.4 %) and the lowest in Haiti (0.1 %).

The median country is at 0.9 %: 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
1United States3.4
2Honduras1.6
3Canada1.3
4Jamaica1.3
5El Salvador1.2
6Trinidad and Tobago0.9
7Belize0.9
8Mexico0.9
9Dominican Republic0.8
10Nicaragua0.5
11Guatemala0.4
12Haiti0.1
World Bank, WDI · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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