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The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies .
The UAE, for which recent data is not available, has also spent historically large amounts of money on the military on a per capita basis. The UAE had a per capita spending of $2470 per person back in 2014, making it the second highest spender in that year just after Saudi Arabia, [ 1 ] but by 2020 that number had fallen to $2204.
South Korea has one of the highest defense budgets in the world, ranking 9th globally in 2021, with a budget of nearly $46.7 billion U.S. dollars, [40] and the defense budget trends from 1975 to 2023 based on South Korea's 2015 GDP announced by the Ministry of National Defense are as follows, [41] and the actual annual military expenditure may ...
Military expenditure of the world from 1950 to 2022 in constant 2021 US$ billions. This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, ... South Korea * 6,041:
A request that this article title be changed to List of countries by past government spending is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed. This article lists countries alphabetically, with total government expenditure as percentage of Gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries.
Military Expenditure Index Score: comparison of military expenditures with GDP and health care expenditures. People Index Score: contrast between the number of military and paramilitary forces with the overall population and the number of physicians. Heavy Weapons Index Score: number of heavy weapons available per capita.
South Korean authorities, increasingly desperate as over 90% of the country’s junior doctors have gone on strike, are looking to the military to help.
South Korea's arms exports from 2009–2013 and 2014–2018 increased by 94%. Additionally, South Korea's military expenditure from 2009 to 2018 increased by 28 percent. [17] [18] [19] In July 2018, President Moon Jae-in introduced the Defense Reform 2.0, an improved version of the Defense Reform 2020 created in 2005.