List of countries by past military expenditure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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