Military expenditure in North America

14 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.1 %
United States
Median country
0.9 %
half above, half below
World
2.5 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.0 to 3.1
Costa Rica - United States

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Across 14 countries in North America, the highest value is in United States (3.1 %) and the lowest in Costa Rica (0.0 %).

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

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1United States3.1
2Canada1.6
3Honduras1.5
4Jamaica1.4
5El Salvador1.3
6Belize1.0
7Trinidad and Tobago0.9
8Dominican Republic0.8
9Mexico0.7
10Nicaragua0.6
11Guatemala0.5
12Haiti0.1
13Costa Rica0.0
14Panama0.0
World Bank, WDI · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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