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Defense Spending by Country
Government defense spending, latest year, % of GDP
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Government spending on defense by function (COFOG), from the OECD and Eurostat. Definitions differ from NATO’s.
How much of their economies governments spend on defense, measured on the same functional basis. European countries near Russia have been raising spending.
What this chart reads·12 series
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- Israel defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “Israel”latest 2024-12-31
- US defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “United States”latest 2024-12-31
- Poland defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “Poland”latest 2024-12-31
- UK defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “United Kingdom”latest 2024-12-31
- Finland defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “Finland”latest 2024-12-31
- France defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “France”latest 2024-12-31
- Norway defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “Norway”latest 2024-12-31
- Sweden defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “Sweden”latest 2024-12-31
- Australia defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “Australia”latest 2024-12-31
- Germany defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “Germany”latest 2024-12-31
- Italy defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG)as “Italy”latest 2024-12-31
- Japan defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG)as “Japan”latest 2024-12-31
Sources·12 sources
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Israel defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area ISR), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
US defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area USA), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
Poland defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo PL), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
UK defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area GBR), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
Finland defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo FI), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
France defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo FR), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
Norway defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area NOR), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
Sweden defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo SE), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
Australia defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area AUS), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
Germany defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo DE), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
Italy defence spending — % of GDP (Eurostat COFOG). Source: Eurostat, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataset gov_10a_exp (unit PC_GDP, sector S13, cofog99 GF02, na_item TE, geo IT), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. © European Union. Reused under Eurostat's copyright notice, which authorises commercial reuse of EU member-state data with acknowledgement (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice). Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December; Eurostat is not responsible for that change. Refreshed daily.
Japan defence spending — % of GDP (OECD COFOG). Source: OECD (2026), National Accounts at a Glance: government expenditure by function (COFOG), dataflow OECD.SDD.NAD,DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_OTEF (measure OTES13F, expenditure GF02, unit PT_B1GQ, area JPN), https://data-explorer.oecd.org (accessed 25 September 2026). OECD data may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, with this citation (https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html). When the OECD's service is down, the same series is read from the DBnomics mirror. Palanor dates each annual value at 31 December. Refreshed monthly (src/lib/defense/official.ts).
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